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Places to see in Switzerland

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  JungfrauUNESCO

  Mountain · Canton of Valais

  The Jungfrau, at 4,158 m (13,642 ft) is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the southern canton of Bern and the northern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Roland Zumbühl, Arlesheim (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Monte San GiorgioUNESCO

  Mountain · Canton of Ticino

  Monte San Giorgio is a Swiss mountain and UNESCO World Heritage Site near the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is part of the Lugano Prealps, overlooking Lake Lugano in the Swiss Canton of Ticino.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Roland Zumbühl (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  ZytgloggeUNESCO

  Heritage site · Canton of Berne

  The Zytglogge is a landmark medieval tower in Bern, Switzerland. Built in the early 13th century, it has served the city as a guard tower, prison, clock tower, centre of urban life and civic memorial.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mike Lehmann, Mike Switzerland 13:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC) (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Saint John AbbeyUNESCO

  Benediktinerinnenkloster St. Johann

  Landmark · Canton of the Grisons

  The Abbey of Saint John is an early medieval Benedictine monastery in the Swiss municipality of Val Müstair, in the Canton of Graubünden. By reason of its exceptionally well-preserved heritage of Carolingian art, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wladyslaw (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Castle of CastelgrandeUNESCO

  Fort · Canton of Ticino

  The Castles of Bellinzona are a group of fortifications located around the town of Bellinzona, the capital of the Swiss canton of Ticino. Situated on the Alpine foothills, the group is composed of fortified walls and three castles named Castelgrande, Montebello and Sasso Corbaro.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Aliman5040 (Public domain). Map

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  NussbaumerseeUNESCO

  Ruins · Canton of Thurgau

  Nussbaumersee is a small lake between Nussbaumen and Uerschhausen, both in the municipality of Hüttwilen in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It lies at an altitude of 434 metres above sea level, and its surface area is 25.2 ha. The lake has one small island.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Tschubby (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• Abbey of Saint GallUNESCO

  Kloster St. Gallen

  Heritage site · Canton of St. Gallen

  The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Geneva

  Genève

  City · Canton of Geneva

  Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône leaves Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Yann (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Zurich

  City · Canton of Zurich

  Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ikiwaner (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Bern

  City · Canton of Berne

  Bern, or Berne, is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". With a population of about 146,000, Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Lausanne.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: de:Benutzer:Reaast (Public domain). Map

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  Basel

  City · Canton of Basel-Stadt

  Basel or Basle is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine, at the transition from the High Rhine to the Upper Rhine. Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city, with 177,595 inhabitants within the city municipality limits.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Norbert Aepli, Switzerland (User:Noebu) (CC BY 2.5). Map

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  Matterhorn

  Mountain · Canton of Valais

  The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Gianluca Miscione (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map