🏛️ Old City of Berne

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The Old City is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. Built on a narrow hill bordered on three sides by the river Aare, its compact layout has remained essentially unchanged since its construction during the twelfth to the fifteenth century. Despite a major fire in 1405, after which much of the city was rebuilt in sandstone, and substantial construction efforts in the eighteenth century, Bern's old city has retained its medieval character.

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Old City of Berne is a cultural World Heritage site in Switzerland, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Old City of Berne was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Old City of Bern · Abbey of Saint Gall · Terraces of Lavaux · Monte San Giorgio · Rhaetian Railway in the Albula Valley · Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair · Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch · Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces · Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona · La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning · Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona.

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