It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
[1] In 1476, Bern began construction of a castle in the narrow Rhone valley at Saint-Maurice.
It was completed in 1646 with the expansion of the residential buildings.
However, in 1693 a devastating fire in the town, destroyed the warehouse of the castle and much of the gunpowder that was stored there.
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