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List of highest railway stations in Switzerland; List of funiculars in Switzerland; List of aerial tramways in Switzerland; List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport; List of ski areas and resorts in Switzerland; List of highest paved roads in Switzerland; List of highest road passes in Switzerland; Nature parks in Switzerland
Next to the old Benedictine chapel a first convent was built. In the early 17th century it was decided to build a new church in place of the Benedictine chapel: finished in 1623, it was opened in 1625, including a sacristy and an entrance staircase. The façade was preceded by a portico.
Over centuries, the city developed following an exceptionally coherent planning concept, thus retaining its original character. The medieval city saw the introduction of water fountains in the 16th century and the renovation and rebuilding of older buildings in the 18th century. [4] Convent of St Gall: St. Gallen: 1983 268; ii, iv (cultural)
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Museums in Switzerland by populated place (6 C) Parks by city in Switzerland (2 C) Theatres in Switzerland by city (3 C) B. Tourist attractions in Basel (2 C, 8 P)
Tourism began in Switzerland with British mountaineers climbing the main peaks of the Bernese Alps in the early 19th century.. The Alpine Club in London was founded in 1857. . Reconvalescence in the Alpine, in particular from tuberculosis, was another important branch of tourism in the 19th and early 20th centuries: for example in Davos, Graubü
Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale is a series of nine religious and civic structures located on the northern coast of Sicily dating from the era of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1194): two palaces, three churches, a cathedral, and a bridge in Palermo, as well as the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale.
The cathedral was built in a long-populated area, as attested by the presence of a Roman road and a Paleo-Christian mosaic. Construction began in 1131, the apse mosaics were begun in 1145, and the sarcophagi that Roger II provided for his tomb and that of his wife were put in place the same year. [2] After 1172 the church suffered a period of ...