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3 days ago · Bern is a placid city whose name derives from the bear pits the canton’s medieval rulers established there as a heraldic symbol; the bear pits are now part of the city’s popular zoo.
- Animal Life
Switzerland - Alpine, Fauna, Wildlife: Switzerland’s animal...
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Switzerland - Labour, Taxation, Economy: Services, including...
- Roman Switzerland
Switzerland - Alps, Roman, Helvetii: Caesar Augustus annexed...
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Switzerland - Neutrality, Alps, Banking: At the end of the...
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Switzerland - Museums, Libraries, Universities: The arts are...
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Switzerland - Alpine, Temperate, Precipitation: Four major...
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Switzerland - Federalism, Neutrality, Direct Democracy: The...
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A 2017 Pew Research Center poll found support for same-sex marriage among Switzerland's population at 75%, with 24% opposed and 1% undecided. [ 95 ] In February 2020, a poll conducted by the gfs group found that 81% of respondents "strongly" or "somewhat" supported same-sex marriage, 18% were opposed and 1% were undecided.
19 hours ago · The University of Basel is the oldest institution of higher learning in Switzerland.. This list of universities in Switzerland lists all public and private higher education institutions accredited and coordinated according to the Federal Act on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss Higher Education Sector (short: Federal Higher Education Act, HEdA).
1 day ago · It was invaded by forces from the canton of Bern and remained under their domination from 1536 to 1798. The iconoclastic Bernese stripped the Lausanne cathedral of its Roman Catholic trappings, and a number of its cultural treasures, including the hanging tapestries in the cathedral, were permanently removed. [ 16 ]
19 hours ago · Website des Regierungsrats des Kantons Basel-Stadt. Liste aller Mitglieder des Regierungsrates seit 1875, Website des Regierungsrats des Kantons Basel-Stadt. Nationalräte der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft. Aargau Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Innerrhoden Basel-Landschaft Basel-Stadt Bern Freiburg Genf Glarus Graubünden Jura Luzern ...
19 hours ago · 32,1 % (31. Dezember 2023)[ 4 ] La Chaux-de-Fonds (französisch [la ʃod (ə)fɔ̃], frankoprovenzalisch und umgangssprachlich [la tʃo], 5 la tscho) ist eine Schweizer Stadt im Kanton Neuenburg. Sie gehört neben Biel/Bienne und Le Locle zu den bekanntesten Städten der Schweizer Uhrenproduktion.
5 days ago · Swiss National Library - Museen Bern. Switzerland is our subject. Every book, every newspaper and every periodical that has appeared in Switzerland since 1848. Everything published abroad that deals with Switzerland or its people. The complete works of Swiss writers and translators.
