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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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Neoromanesque Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

, groundbreaking = , completed date = 1910 , construction cost = , capacity = , length = , width = , width nave = , height = , diameter = , other dimensions = , floor count = , floor area = , dome quantity = , dome height outer = , dome height inner = , dome dia outer = , dome dia inner = , spire quantity = 2 , spire height = , materials = , bells = , bells hung = , bell weight = , parish = St. Martin, Olten , diocese = Basel St. Martin is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Olten (Switzerland). It is a three-nave columned basilica without transept with three chorapsideas. The church is considered as the "most significant

Greater Church of Switzerland from the late period of historicism".

Building history

In addition to the 1876 built by the Roman Catholic parish Olten Notkirche St. Gallen architect August Hardegger built from 1908 to 1910, the large neo-Romanesque parish church. The new church has even more than the seats than the Solothurn Cathedral, making it the largest clearance Church in Canton Solothurn. The former makeshift church was rebuilt to Pfarreireumen and Josef Hall.

Organ

The first organ was of Orgelbau Goll (Lucerne) built with 33 registers. 1932 built the organ builder Willisau AG a new organ with 49 registers, which in 1949 reorganized by the organ builder Goll and extended to 64 registers. The present organ was of Mathis Orgelbau (Näfels) newly built 1992nd The instrument has 50 stops on three manuals and pedal. The play and Registertrakturen mechanically.

Gallery

File:St. Martin in Olten (Innenansicht).jpg, A view of the chancel of Saint Martin's Church from the nave File:St. Josefsglocke in f'.jpg, A church bell of Saint Martin's Church File:JEHOVAH at RomanCatholic Church Martinskirche Olten.JPG, The divine name of God,

Jehovah Jehovah () is a Latinization of the Hebrew , one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament. The Tetragrammaton is considered one of the seven names of God in Judais ...

, depicted in the apse of Saint Martin's Church File:20170712 Olten 0898 (36796220561).jpg, The outside of Saint Martin's Church

References

Olten 1900s architecture Romanesque Revival church buildings Roman Catholic churches completed in 1910 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Switzerland {{Switzerland-church-stub