Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in St. Gallen, Switzerland

The Catholic parish church of St. Otmar in the city of St. Gallen was built between 1905 and 1908 in the then still independent municipality of Straubenzell. It is named after St. Otmar, patron saint of the city and first abbot of the Princely Abbey of St. Gall.

Wikipedia: Pfarrkirche St. Otmar (St. Gallen) (DE)

The Protestant St. Leonhard's Church in St. Gallen was designed by the Berlin architect Johannes Vollmer in neo-Gothic style; the construction was supervised by the St. Gallen architect Ferdinand Wachter. After two years of construction, the church was consecrated on May 1, 1887. The parish of St. Gallen sold the church to private individuals in 2004; since then, the building has been used for cultural events.

Wikipedia: St. Leonhardskirche (St. Gallen) (DE)

The Lokremise is a former Lokremise in the city of St. Gallen. The building, which is now set up as a cultural centre, is a cultural monument of national importance, together with the adjacent water tower for the water tanks of the steam locomotives. It is the largest preserved locomotive ring depot in Switzerland.

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The open art museum in St. Gallen in Switzerland is a museum for Swiss naïve art and art brut. The sponsor is the Foundation for Swiss Naïve Art and Art Brut, which was founded on 1 February 1988 by the collector couples Erna (1907–1995) and Curt Burgauer (1908–2002), Wilhelmina (Mina) and Josef John as well as Simone and Peter Schaufelberger-Breguet. Originally founded as a museum in the warehouse, the museum changed its name to open art museum on January 16, 2023.

Wikipedia: Open art museum (DE)

The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. It became an independent principality between 9th and 13th centuries, and was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe. The library of the Abbey is one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world.

Wikipedia: Abbey of Saint Gall (EN)

The Karlstor is the only remaining city gate from the medieval city wall of the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was built in 1569 and 1570.

Wikipedia: Karlstor (St. Gallen) (DE)