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Swiss National Day (German: Schweizer Bundesfeiertag; French: Fête nationale suisse; Italian: Festa nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Festa naziunala svizra) is the national holiday of Switzerland, set on 1 August. Although the founding of the Swiss Confederacy was first celebrated on this date in 1891 and annually since 1899, it has only been an ...
1 March - Republic Day; 19 March - Saint Joseph's Day; 3 April - Näfels Ride; 18 April - Good Friday; 21 April - Easter Monday; 1 May - International Workers' Day; 29 May - Ascension Day; 9 June - Whit Monday; 19 June - Corpus Christi; 29 June - Saints Peter and Paul; 1 August - Swiss National Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 11 September ...
2 January - Berchtoldstag Day; 6 January - Epiphany; 1 March - Republic Day; 19 March - Saint Joseph's Day; 29 March - Good Friday; 1 April - Easter Monday; 4 April - Näfels Ride; 1 May - International Workers' Day; 9 May - Ascension Day; 20 May - Whit Monday; 30 May - Corpus Christi; 29 June - Saints Peter and Paul; 1 August - Swiss National Day
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In 1858, the Swiss Colonization Society, a group of Swiss and German immigrants to the United States, founded its first (and only) planned city on the banks of the Ohio River in Perry County, Indiana. The town was originally dubbed Helvetia, but was quickly changed to Tell City to honor the legendary Swiss hero. The city became known for its ...
This category lists articles about subjects in the Canton of Geneva that are listed in class A of the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cultural properties of national significance in the canton of Geneva .
This was later made the third Sunday in September but for Geneva, which fixed the day of its own Jeûne genevois. In 1869 Geneva decreed that the holiday was no longer official, but Jeûne genevois was celebrated unofficially until 1965, slowly losing its religious significance. On 1 August 1966 it was again declared a public holiday and the ...
Pages in category "Events in Geneva" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.