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Showing posts with label SWITZERLAND. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SWITZERLAND. Show all posts
August 24, 2017

3134 SWITZERLAND (Ticino) - The Monte Brè funicular and Lake Lugano

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Lake Lugano , named after the city of Lugano , is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and nort...
April 23, 2016

2485 GERMANY / SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA - The map of Lake Constance

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Lake Constance (German: Bodensee ) is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps , in  Germany , Switzerland and Austria , ...
February 14, 2016

2098, 2099, 2294 SWITZERLAND - The map and the flag of the country

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2098 The map and the flag of Switzerland, and the coats of arms of the 26 cantons Posted on 04.12.2015, 14.02.2016 Located between I...
February 3, 2015

1435 SWITZERLAND (Jura) - Saint-Ursanne bridge

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The small city of Saint-Ursanne , which name refers to Saint Ursicinus , a 7th-century monk who built a monastery here, has preserved i...
October 2, 2014

1261, 1262 SWITZERLAND (Appenzell Innerrhoden) - Little herders

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Settlement of the Appenzell region (in the northeast of  Switzerland , entirely surrounded by the Canton of St. Gallen ) began alo...
September 28, 2014

1256 UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Office at Geneva

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Apart from the Headquarters situated in New York City , the United Nations has three regional headquarters, opened in Geneva ( Swit...
November 21, 2013

0348, 0871 SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA - Prehistoric pile dwellings from the Alps (UNESCO WHS)

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0348 SWITZERLAND - Reconstruction of a prehistoric pile dwelling from Bronze Age at Laténium, Hauterive. Among the sites included in...
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July 30, 2013

0773 SWITZERLAND (Bern) - Old City of Bern (UNESCO WHS)

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The city of Bern , Bundesstadt (federal city, de facto capital) of Switzerland since 1848, was founded in 1191 and grew to become the ...
July 19, 2013

0752 SWITZERLAND (Ticino) - Montebello Castle - part of Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (UNESCO WHS)

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0752 Montebello Castle Because occupies an privileged geographic location in the Alps , with acces to the Po valley southward, to th...
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July 14, 2013

0740 SWITZERLAND (Bern) - Chästeilet in Bernese Oberland

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In the 15th century, the people living north of the Alps began to use rennet (a substance from the stomach of a cow) to make hard che...
March 21, 2013

0566 SWITZERLAND (Zurich) - The Grossmünster

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On the northwestern shore of the Lake Zurich , where today is Zurich , there were human settlements since 6,400 years ago, and 2,000 ye...
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January 21, 2013

0480 SWITZERLAND (Schaffhausen) - The Rhine Falls

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Located on the Upper Rhine , near the town of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, Rheinfall (The Rhine Falls) is the largest plain w...
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May 3, 2012

0193 SWITZERLAND (Ticino) - Madonna del Sasso church and Lago Maggiore

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"When, by chance, you have a heart and a shirt, you have to sell the shirt to see the surroundings of Lake Maggiore..." wr...
November 5, 2011

0027 SWITZERLAND - Alphorn players

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Until recently I was confident that the bucium (also called tulnic in some areas) is an musical instrument used exclusively by Romania...
October 27, 2011

0021 SWITZERLAND (Bern) - Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (UNESCO WHS)

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0021 Bernina Express across the Landwasser Viaduct Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes , brings together two histo...
October 23, 2011

0015 SWITZERLAND (Bern) - Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (UNESCO WHS)

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0015 The Eiger and Mönch mountains seen from Grütschalp railway station Grütschalp (1,487m) is a station on the Lauterbrunnen-Mürren...