Pilgrimage places

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The pilgrimage to Todtmoos in Fricktal (canton Aargau).

Pilgrims' progress.

Monument to the battle of Stoss in eastern Switzerland. In front of the chapel (Image: Bertie Zhang).

The pilgrimage church of Ziteil in Oberhalbstein in canton Graubünden (2,433 metres above sea level). View of the early morning mountain landscape through a glass wall.

The Great St Bernhard pass from the Italian side of the border.

Maria Lourdes Seebach in Zürich - an inner city pilgrimage.

Messages of thanks: votive offerings from the past.

Interior of the pilgrimage church at Dreibrunnen bei Wil (canton St Gallen).

Siviriez (canton Fribourg), the home village of the Blessed Marguerite Bays. Inside the chapel, where her picture hangs.

The Madonna del Sasso pilgrimage site above Locarno (canton Ticino). View over Lake Maggiore.

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Exploring Switzerland's holy sites.

For centuries pilgrimages have been part of Christian life all over the world. A tradition that was once in decline, it is now enjoying a renaissance in Europe. Paul Hugger explores the phenomenon in a recent book: Wallfahrtsorte der Schweiz (Pilgrimage Places of Switzerland; Benteli Verlag). (All images: Barbara Graf Horka, Nicolas Repond)