The Gallows of Valangin

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During the Middle Ages, the gallows of Valangin was a place of unspeakable horror. Now in ruin, one can still visit the site and pay respect to it’s victims. It was a place where those convicted of crimes, legitimate or not, were tortured and executed by hanging, burning, stabbing, throttling or other means.

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