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  2. Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps - Wikipedia

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    Excavations conducted at some of the sites have yielded evidence regarding prehistoric life and the way communities interacted with their environment during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages in Alpine Europe. These settlements are a unique group of exceptionally well-preserved and culturally rich archaeological sites, which constitute one of the ...

  3. Villa Senar - Wikipedia

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    Villa Senar is an estate built in Switzerland by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. He purchased the plot of land near Hertenstein on the shores of Lake Lucerne in 1932. The name of the estate originated from the names of Rachmaninoff and his wife: Sergei and Natalia, by combining the first two letters of each given name and the first of ...

  4. Hohsandhorn - Wikipedia

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    This article about a mountain, mountain range, or peak located in Valais is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  5. List of European countries by area - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...

  6. Oftringen - Wikipedia

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    As of 2000, there were 4,364 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. [8] In 2008 there were 1,438 single family homes (or 25.9% of the total) out of a total of 5,548 homes and apartments. [13] There were a total of 159 empty apartments for a 2.9% vacancy rate. [13]

  7. Riviera District - Wikipedia

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    Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 48.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.7% is used for growing crops and 1.7% is used for alpine pastures.

  8. A woman bypassed multiple security checkpoints to get on a ...

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    Investigators are trying to determine how a woman got past multiple security checkpoints this week at New York’s JFK International Airport and boarded a plane to Paris, apparently hiding in the ...

  9. Architecture of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    During the early centuries of this period, the area that would become Switzerland was sparsely populated and almost nothing remains of any buildings from the period between 500 and the late 8th century. During the Carolingian Renaissance of the 8th and 9th centuries, many new monasteries and churches sprung up across Western Europe.