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Betlis Chapel (or ''Kapelle Betlis'') is a chapel in the village of
Amden Amden is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster, in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Amden is first mentioned in 1178 as ''Andimo monte Voraden''. In 1230 it was mentioned as ''Andimin'', in 1282 as '' ...
, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The original chapel stood on the site, below Strahlegg Castle and between Seerenbach Falls and the Walensee, in the 14th century. Damaged by water, that chapel was demolished in 1773. Today's chapel was erected in 1889, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. It was built by Giovanni Vittori, to a design by August Hardegger.''Die Kunstdenkmaler des Kantons St. Gallen'', Volume 59 (1970), p. 31


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