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The Image Book (French: Le Livre d'image) is a 2018 Swiss avant-garde essay film directed by Jean-Luc Godard.Initially titled Tentative de bleu and Image et parole, [1] in December 2016 Wild Bunch co-chief Vincent Maraval stated that Godard had been shooting the film for almost two years "in various Arab countries, including Tunisia" and that it is an examination of the modern Arabic world. [2]
The English name Switzerland is a portmanteau of Switzer, an obsolete term for a Swiss person which was in use during the 16th to 19th centuries, and land. [28] The English adjective Swiss is a loanword from French Suisse, also in use since the 16th century.
Swiss cuisine (German: Schweizer Küche, French: cuisine suisse, Italian: cucina svizzera, Romansh: cuschina svizra) is an ensemble of national, regional and local dishes, consisting of the ingredients, recipes and cooking techniques developed in Switzerland or assimilated from other cultures, particularly neighboring countries.
The Lion Monument (German: Löwendenkmal), or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn.
In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,400. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 431, of which 427 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 341 of which 53 or (15.5%) were in manufacturing and 288 (84.5%) were in construction.
In 1858, Suisse retired and left his academy to a nephew, while remaining an honorary professor. [1] However, it was the artist Etiènne Prosper Crébassol (1806–1883) [21] that soon took on the ownership, certainly the running, of the academy, renaming it l’Academie Suisse-Crébassol. [22] Suisse died in 1859 at his home, [23] 78 years old ...
Union syndicale suisse (2021b). "15 000 personnes défilent à Berne contre les baisses de rentes". www.uss.ch (in French) Sussanne, Leutenegger Oberholzer (2017). "Création d'un fonds souverain suisse alimenté par les réserves de la Banque nationale". Federal Assembly; Rodrik, Philippe (2021).