Our Heritage
Discover our Heritage: four 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 our Heritage: four 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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10. – 11.06.2023
Every year, during the second weekend of June, the World Heritage properties open their doors and invite you to discover their secrets, their uniqueness and their ...
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Our heritage
Switzerland counts 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites; Some give evidence to the history of the Earth while others are the embodiment of Switzerland, its traditions, ...
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Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
The Alps are at risk! The Alpine space loses its importance as economic territory, the agriculture in mountain areas is weakening and the climate change will bring ...
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Anyone who wants to learn more about World Heritage in Switzerland should mark the weekend of 10th and 11th June 2023 in their agenda and set off on the traces of ...
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La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
A fantastic multimedia space dedicated to the Watchmaking town planning.
The ideal place to unravel the secrets of this UNESCO World Heritage site: a multimedia ...
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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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Fortress of Bellinzona
Fortress 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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Hikes
Tectonic Arena Sardona
Tectonic Arena Sardona
The Tschinglen cable car, the only cable car that takes you right into the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona, takes you from June to ...
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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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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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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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Events
Holy Week Processions in Mendrisio
Holy Week Processions in Mendrisio
06. – 07.04.2023
Processions of the Holy Week and "Trasparenti": guided tour on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday
During the Easter period the streets of Mendrisio's ...
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Educational material
World Heritage properties are among the most important contemporary testimonies on the planet. Many legacies are due to our ancestors. But nature has also contributed ...
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Panoramic Route
Switzerland may seem small, but it has a wealth of places to visit and sights to see, including 13 World Heritage Sites that can be reached effortlessly on the Swiss ...
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School excursions
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Your class can expect an impressive world of rocks and glaciers, animals and plants, diverse insights into traditional alpine farming and exciting facts about history, ...
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Educational material
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
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Abbey of St. Gall
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
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