Sion, Switzerland Sion, Switzerland Sion (; ; ; ) is a Swiss town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Valais and of the district of Sion. it had a population of (known as "Sédunois(e)"). On 17 January 1968, the former municipality of Bramois merged into the municipality of Sion. On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Salins merged into the municipality of Sion, and on 1 January 2017, Les Agettes did the same. Landmarks in Sion include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, where it serves as
Ion Theodorescu-Sion to "Tinerimea" and "Arta Română" salons, Theodorescu-Sion exhibited his work at the Atheneum, the "Universul" newspaper art show, Dalles Gallery and various other venues. With Ressu and Arthur Verona, Sion was also co-founder, in 1921, of Romania's first artists' trade union ("Sindicatul Artelor Frumoase"), which militated for basic social security but also had a political and (according to art expert Vasile Radu) "utopian" agenda. Briefly, their plans earned official support during the interval when Victor Eftimiu, a Symbolist playwright and rich art collector, was Minister of Culture and the Arts. In the early interwar years, Sion was also one of