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Switzerland's Religious Landscape



Avanches Grabbeigaben für eine Christin.
Roman Museum in Avenches: burial objects of a young female Christian from the fourth century bear witness to her faith..

Avenches

An equally early testimony to the Christian faith is now preserved in the Roman Museum in Avenches (Aventicum): two goblets inscribed with Christian texts that were funeral objects for a young woman buried around ad 350. According to the Roman Museum in Avenches, they are among the oldest evidence of the Christian religion in western Switzerland.

Worth a visit:
Roman Museum in Avenches


Last modified: 4.11.11