The church of Bourg-Saint-Pierre would have been built around the year 1000 by Hugues, bishop of Geneva. The Romanesque building was destroyed and rebuilt over the years. The current Baroque building was built in 1739, keeping the old bell tower, which is the oldest in the Valais. This bell tower has a carillon consisting of six bells melted down and installed by the Rüetschi foundry in Aarau in 1932.
The Great St Bernard Hospice, situated at an altitude of 2,473 metres, was supposedly first built around 1050, when Saint Bernard of Aosta founded the hospice which will later bear his name. In 1823, the hospice is rebuilt under the direction of the architect Henri Perregaux. It was at the hospice that was created the so-called dog breed of St. Bernard.
The Church of Our Lady of the Visitation was erected between 1670 and 1680 on a site where churches have been built since the 4th century. The bell tower, built in 1717-1719, is one of the most elegant in the country and the highest in the canton.
The chapel of Saint-Barthélémy is the oldest chapel in Nendaz. The exact date of its construction is not known, but a document from 1447 attests to its existence. Before the construction of the nearby Cleuson dam, it was located in the valley. Built in wood, it was renovated several times, the last time in 1888. In 1951, the dam workers built a new stone chapel on the present site.
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