Attraction
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
Factory - Rue Numa-Droz 144
This striking, four-story factory was built for the Election watchmaking brand between 1895 and 1900. The composition makes use of the ternary and binary rows of large windows needed to light the workshops.
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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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Attraction
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
This is a magnificent building complex built between 1890 and 1900, and consists of a factory section placed between two bourgeois apartment houses. The company ...
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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
This fine mixed-purpose building from around 1902 has an original, elegant architecture. Note the fine stained glass in the bow window.
Bow window: Protruding ...
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Visitor centre
Abbey of St. Gall
Abbey of St. Gall
In 1983, the Abbey Library, together with the entire Abbey District of St. Gall, was inscribed by UNESCO on the World Heritage List. This was followed in 2017 by ...
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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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