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Anne-Fanny Cotting · Carole Schaub

The Church of Saint-Nicolas d’Hérémence Canton of Valais

Introduction

The Dix Valley and its large hydroelectric plants

Life before the dam

The first Dixence dam

The Grande-Dixence dam

Hérémence’s new church

The context

The competition

Construction

Walter Maria Förderer: an architect-cum-sculptor in search of an ideal

Biography

His thinking and writings

Architectural promenade

External ambulations

Inside the church

Reactions and critical success given to the Church of Saint-Nicolas d’Hérémence

Contemporary religious architecture in Switzerland and Valais

Appendices