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<\/a>\nBut directly underneath is a huge excavation site – an area substantially larger than the church itself has been opened up to show construction going all the way back to the Roman era.\u00a0 It’s remarkable how MUCH empty space there is, given the fact that there is still an entire CATHEDRAL sitting on top of it.<\/p>\n
Having explored the depths below, it was time for the sky above, in the form of climbing the church tower for a view of the city.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this was the one day of our visit where the weather was grey and rainy.<\/p>\n Except for this chapel – this one’s still bonkers.<\/p>\n After this, we visited a small gallery<\/a> we had seen an ad for on a bus.\u00a0 It’s dedicated to artwork that revolves around clockwork and time.\u00a0 Some really amazing pieces, NONE of which we remembered to photograph, although Leigh at least got a video of a marble clock.<\/p>\n They had a “build your own Swiss mechanical clock” kit that I really wanted, if it hadn’t been somewhere north of $10,000.<\/p>\n After that we just bonked around the city a bit more, had some more chocolate, and then went back to our hotel to hide from the rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Leigh had already finished most of her conference related duties at this point, so in the afternoon she played hooky and we went to look at a bit more of Geneva together. We had been told that Geneva was not … Continue reading <\/a>
\nAnd there’s some really impressive stuff – the monks apparently had heated floors in their cells at one point.\u00a0 WE don’t have that, and we live in the future!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThis mosaic was the floor of the bishop’s reception chamber.\u00a0 You can see spots where it was incompetently repaired much later than its original construction.\u00a0 Good to know\u00a0Ecce Homo<\/em><\/a> wasn’t purely a recent phenomenon.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAnd just for completeness, here’s a view of the church from the inside.
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\nSwiss cathedrals are interesting, because they were generally built before the Reformation, meaning they were highly decorated and ornate, but then stripped down to the extent possible afterwards.\u00a0 So it’s obvious that there\u00a0used\u00a0<\/em>to be a lot more stuff here.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n