This reconstruction offers unique insight into the architecture and design of this castle embedded in rock overlooking the old town of Sion, allowing visitors to travel back in time and discover the historical monument in a new light. Find out what Tourbillon Castle looked like before the fire of 1788.

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For further information, check out the website Valais Wallis Time Machine.

By reading the anchors preserved in the masonry of the surrounding wall, it is possible to reconstruct with relative accuracy the defensive sentry walk from the end of the Middle Ages. 

The paintings in the chapel

In place in the choir is the pictorial cycle executed around 1320-1340.

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In the former sacristy, fragments of the mid-15th-century pictorial cycle are on display.

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Right-click and hold: rotates the image.

Left-click and hold: moves the image up and down and left and right.