Category: Architectural attractions and landmarks
Architectural landmarks: buildings, palaces, bridges, etc.
Geneva's major cathedral, St. Pierre Cathedral, is almost 850 years old and is known for the sermons of Jan Kalvin. St. Peter's Cathedral, as it is called in English, situated in the heart of Geneva's Old Town on a little hill overlooking the city, is an interesting blend of Gothic…
View moreThe Lion Monument in Lucerne is a massive dying lion cut out of a sandstone rock wall over a pond in the medieval town's east end. It was built as a tribute to the mercenary soldiers from central Switzerland who died while serving King Louis XVI of France during the…
View moreInterlaken is a well-known mountain resort town located in the Bernese Oberland region of central Switzerland. Situated on a narrow strip of land on either side of the Aare River, it has houses dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries as well as a lakefront park to the north…
View moreGrindelwald is a village and municipality in the administrative district of Interlaken-Oberhasli, in the canton of Berne in Switzerland. In addition to the village of Grindelwald, the settlements of Alpiglen, Burglauenen, Grund, Itramen, Mühlebach, Schwendi, Tschingelberg and Wargistal also form part of the municipality. Grindelwald village is situated in the Bernese…
View moreThe Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge in Lucerne, Switzerland, that spans the Reuss River diagonally. The bridge, named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, is unusual in that it contains a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, but several of them, along…
View moreEngelberg is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Obwalden and a small mountain tourist town. The municipality also include the communities of Grafenort, Oberberg, and Schwand in addition to Engelberg itself. Engelberg's municipality is an outlier of Obwalden, surrounded by Bern and Nidwalden and Uri cantons. Engelberg, in central…
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