Point of interest
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
Workshop Montandon-Gnägi - Rue de Doubs 147
Around 1913, this commercial building from around 1890 housed the workshop of Paul Montandon-Gnägi, a watchmaking manufacturer and trader. Towards 1950, it became the premises of the firm Ixia, which was active in the impot and export of all kinds of watches.
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La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
In 1854, the renowned watch manufacturer Constant Girard married Marie Perregaux, the daughter of a maker of chronometers in Le Locle. This was the birth of ...
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Guided tour
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
Comfortably explore the connection between urbanism and watchmaking.
The comfortable seats allow visitors to effortlessly explore every corner of the city and ...
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Point of interest
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
Opened in 1865, the school of watchmaking moved into its new building, in 1885. Since then, it has been converted and extended on several occasions. At present, ...
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Point of interest
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
It was in the discreet workshop on the ground floor of this building from 1890 that Charles Léon Schmid and Charles and Eugène Wille worked on producing ...
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Visitor centre
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
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
In the interplay between rest and relaxation, observation and activity, exploration and contemplation, you form emotional bonds with the element of water. On ...
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