Sardona-Segnas-group with Tschingelhörnern
© UNESCO-Welterbe Tektonikarena Sardona
Urban Landscape La Chaux-de-Fonds
© Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Aline Henchoz
Abbey Precincts St.Gall
© kurzschuss photography gmbh
Rhaetian Railway, Landwasserviadukt
© RhB/Robert Bösch
Old City of Bern
© Bern Welcome
© Rufino Emmenegger
UNESCO World Heritage in Switzerland
Discover the UNESCO World Heritage sites in Switzerland: three outstanding natural phenomena and nine great cultural achievements in Switzerland bear the most sought-after emblem of UNESCO. Each of them stands for authenticity, quality and diversity for many generations to come. These values are part of the identity and mentality of the Swiss population.
Conscious travel to these places evokes new and different images of an outstanding and demanding Switzerland, which we share with the global community.
Discover the UNESCO World Heritage sites in Switzerland: three outstanding natural phenomena and nine great cultural achievements in Switzerland bear the most sought-after emblem of UNESCO. Each of them stands for authenticity, quality and diversity for many generations to come. These values are part of the identity and mentality of the Swiss population.
Conscious travel to these places evokes new and different images of an outstanding and demanding Switzerland, which we share with the global community.
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Tectonic Arena Sardona
Tectonic Arena Sardona
In the legendary Martinsloch, two zones of weakness intersect: a soft, flat-lying, dark marl layer and a steeply standing fault surface. In this area, erosion was ...
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Visitor centre
Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio
On four floors, the great diversity of creatures that populated the sea and its coast in southern Ticino between 247 and 237 million years ago is presented. Thanks ...
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Visitor centre
Three Castles of Bellinzona
Three Castles of Bellinzona
The medieval castles of Bellinzona – Castelgrande, Montebello
and Sasso Corbaro – have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage property since 2000. With ...
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Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
LAKE DWELLINGS FROM THE BRONZE TO THE NEOLITHIC AGE
A remarkable concentration of pile-dwelling sites has been identified on the shores of Lakes Bienne, Morat ...
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Tectonic Arena Sardona
Tectonic Arena Sardona
The Glarnerland Visitor Centre, with its two locations in Glarus (in the Nature Centre, train station building) and Elm (in the old school building, Sandgasse 1, ...
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Convent of St John in Müstair
Convent of St John in Müstair
Twelve hundred-years of convent, architectural and art history
Convent Museum
The convent’s museum is located in the Planta Tower, an over one-thousand-year-old ...
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School excursions
School trips
As extracurricular places of learning, the UNESCO World Heritage properties offer exciting, surprising and educational excursions and study weeks ...
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Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
The Albula Railway Museum in Bergün guides railway enthusiasts and families through the history of the railway in Graubünden. Old railway equipment, films ...
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Visitor centre
Abbey of St. Gall
Abbey of St. Gall
The exhibition The Miracle of Tradition – The Plan of St Gall and Europe in the Early Middle Ages focuses on the unique abundance of early medieval ...
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Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO World Heritage Site represents one of the most beautiful and precious mountain landscapes on our planet. This heritage ...
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Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
The nostalgic train ride through the Eiger and the Mönch up to the Jungfraujoch is already an extraordinary experience. Two intermediate stations offer a wonderful ...
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Educational material
The discussion of UNESCO World Heritage in school curricula is an important example for children and young people to engage with our heritage - because we only want ...
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