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Switzerland >> Western Europe   Latest Search
landlocked; crossroads of northern and southern Europe; along with southeastern France, northern Italy, and southwestern Austria, has the highest elevations in the Alps

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Switzerland
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Capital:Bern
Currency:Swiss franc (CHF)
Languages:German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)
Population:7,450,867
Area:41,290
Ski
Verbier, Zermatt, Saas Fee, Wengen, Grindelwald, Murren, St Moriz, Davos, Villars.
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City
Zurich
Switzerland`s largest city, small by international standards, but of great financial and cultural importance. The city has a compact and fascinating historical heart that is well worth exploring.
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Geneva
On the banks of its lake in the shadow of Mont Blanc a delightful exercise in efficiency.
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Heritage
Major heritage sites include:
  • Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
  • Convent of St Gall
  • Old City of Berne
  • Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzone
  • Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn
  • Monte San Giorgio
See the UNESCO website for more details
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City
Bern
Take a step back in time by visiting this charming ancient and unspoilt city on the banks of the River Aare.
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Saw this amazing knocker in Cinuos-chel, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


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Seen in S-chanf, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


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Houses in Guarda, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


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Houses in Guarda, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


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lovely window

Seen in Ardez, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


Sgraffiti
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Sgraffiti

In Cinuos-chel, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


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swiss mountain

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door
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door

In Bos-cha, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


Adam & Eve house - detail
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Adam & Eve house - detail

In Ardez, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


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Adam & Eve house
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Adam & Eve house

In Ardez, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


Adam & Eve house
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Adam & Eve house

In Ardez, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


alley
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alley

In Ardez, Graubuenden, Switzerland.


Kupferhaus in Luven
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Kupferhaus in Luven

moderne Architektur - nach meinem Geschmack passt diese Bauart nicht in diese Gegend - aber JEDEM das SEINE !


einziges Altesheim vom Val Lumnezia, in Cumbel
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einziges Altesheim vom Val Lumnezia, in Cumbel

bald wieder zurück in Vella - nach einer mehrstündigen Wanderung!

(Am 14. Juni wanderten wir von Vella 1244 m.ü. M. aus über Morissen nach S.Carli , zum Aussichtspunkt und Restaurant Bündner Rigi 1618 m.ü. M., dann weiter nach Luven 998 m.ü. M. hinunter und via Cumbel zurück nach Vella.)


Kapelle St. Mauritius, in Valgronda
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Kapelle St. Mauritius,  in  Valgronda

Der Gründung nach vielleicht älteste Kirche im Lugnez, erwähnt um 840; neuerb. 1716 unter Verwendung der seitl. Schiffsmauern eines Vorgängerbaus des 11./ 12. Jh. (?); Schiffsgewölbe 1749; Renov. 1935, Rest. 1997–99, gleichzeitig archäologische Untersuchung. Tonnengewölbter Barockbau mit dreiseitig geschlossenem Chor. Kräftige Gliederung am Aussenbau, Fassade in sechs Kompartimente eingeteilt; Nischenmalerei neu.

An der N-Seite des Chors Turm mit Spitzhelm. Choraltar 1717; das Frontispizbild mit dem hl. Mauritius und seinen Gefährten aus einem älteren Altar um 1610 vermutlich von Hans Jakob Greutter. Auf den gemauerten Seitenaltären Figuren hl. Joseph A. 18. Jh. und Madonna A. 20. Jh.


Kupferhaus
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Kupferhaus

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Aussicht nach Ilanz
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Aussicht nach Ilanz

und ins Rheintal


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good gemSecluded Alpine Villages ~ The Swiss are the only Europeans to eat cats and dogs! The meat is cured or made into sausages.
Contributed by ~ martin