Auge

The Augustinian convent in Auge with a church dedicated to St Mauritius, dates from the 13th C. but was rebuilt in the 16th and 18th C. The conventual buildings now house the Cantonal Archives, with more than 30,000 parchment documents, the oldest dating from 928.

From Auge a covered wooden bridge, the Pont de Berne (1580), leads to the Place des Forgerons, on the right bank of the Sarine, with the Fontaine de la Fidélité (by Hans Gieng, 1553). To the north are the Porte de Berne (13th-14th C., restored 1660), the Tour des Chats (1383) and the Tour Rouge (1250).