World Heritage Site since 1983: The Old Town of Bern
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World Heritage Site since 1983: The Old Town of Bern
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World Heritage Site since 1983: Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
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World Heritage Site since 1983: Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
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World Heritage Site since 1983: The Convent of St Gallen
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World Heritage Site since 1983: Library at the Convent of St Gallen
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World Heritage Site since 2000: Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the market town of Bellinzona
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World Heritage Site since 2000: Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the market town of Bellinzona
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World Heritage Site since 2001: Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn mountain region
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World Heritage Site since 2001: Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn mountain region
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World Heritage Site since 2003: Monte San Giorgio
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World Heritage Site since 2003: Monte San Giorgio with its paleontological finds
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World Heritage Site since 2007: The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces overlooking Lake Geneva
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World Heritage Site since 2007: The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces overlooking Lake Geneva in winter
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World Heritage Site since 2008: Glarus Overthrust
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World Heritage Site since 2008: Glarus Overthrust
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World Heritage Site since 2008: Rhaetian Railway, Albula/Bernina, Landwasser viaduct
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World Heritage Site since 2008: Rhaetian Railway, Albula/Bernina, the circle viaduct near Brusio
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World Heritage Site since 2009: La Chaux-de-Fonds
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World Heritage Site since 2009: Le Locle
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World Heritage Site since 2011: 56 pile dwelling sites in Switzerland such as this example at Concise, next to Lake Neuchatel in canton Vaud.
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Quality and quantity: Switzerland's Unesco world heritage sites.
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Unesco, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has currently around 9000 sites “of outstanding universal value” in more than 140 countries. There are 66 sites in Switzerland – 63 cultural (including 56 pile dwelling sites) and three natural.
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