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Albinen is situated in the south of Switzerland in the Swiss Alps at 1,275 m (4,183 ft) above sea level. The town is on a sunny, south-facing slope between two creeks. The territory of Albinen reaches from the river "Dala" at 760 m (2,490 ft) above sea level to the Torrenthorn at 2,997 m (9,833 ft) above sea level.
Ordinance on the Federal Inventory of Swiss Sites Worth Protecting / Verordnung über das Bundesinventar der schützenswerten Ortsbilder der Schweiz (VISOS) / Ordonnance concernant l'inventaire fédéral des sites construits à protéger en Suisse (OISOS) / Ordinanza riguardante l'inventario degli insediamenti svizzeri da proteggere (OISOS) of 1981-09-09, SR/RS 451.12 (E·D·F·I), art. pp1 (E ...
This list contains all cultural property of national significance (class A) in the canton of Valais from the 2009 Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance. It is sorted by municipality and contains 58 individual buildings, 16 collections, 15 archaeological finds and 2 other, special sites or objects.
As Venice continues to trial its entry fee for day trippers, a popular village in the Swiss Alps is looking to follow its lead. Swiss village overwhelmed by tourists wants to charge visitors for entry
Gion Antoni Caminada [1] (born 8 August 1957) [2] is a Swiss architect and professor of architecture at the ETH Zurich. He is known for his works in and around the Swiss village of Vrin, including the Stiva da morts mortuary. Many of Caminada's projects are built of wood in a minimalist style mixing modern design with traditional Swiss methods ...
The charity was founded in the UK in 1957 to support the Pestalozzi Swiss Village in Switzerland. [4] The Pestalozzi Village was built on a 170-acre (0.69 km 2 ) estate in Sedlescombe, UK and opened in 1959. 40 children between the ages of 10 and 18 from 15 European countries were accommodated and educated according to the principles of Swiss ...
Conters im Prättigau has an area, as of 2006, of 18.4 km 2 (7.1 sq mi). Of this area, 49.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 45% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The small, traditional Swiss village of Kandersteg (inhabitants approximately 1,200) is situated at 1,200 metres above sea level, 65 kilometres south of Bern, in the canton of Bern, near the Lötschenpass and the Gemmipass. The village is known for sightseeing and exploring the Swiss Alps. Kandersteg can be reached by road and rail: it is ...