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   POPULATION
   
   The main driver of demographic growth in Switzerland over the last few
   decades has been migration
   
   
   MAJOR EVENTS
   
   Festivals, forums and fairs: hundreds of major events are held in Switzerland
   throughout the year.
   
   
   LANGUAGE
   
   Besides the national languages of German, French, Italian and Romansh,
   English is widely spoken in Switzerland, while Albanian and Portuguese are
   primarily spoken by members of the respective immigrant communities.
   
   
   TRADITIONS
   
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   RELIGION
   
   Switzerland is a Christian country. Around two-thirds of the population are
   either Roman Catholic or Protestant (Reformed-Evangelical).
   
   
   SWISS CUISINE
   
   Swiss cuisine is as varied as its landscape – and yet you'll still find bread
   and cheese everywhere.
   
   
   CULTURE
   
   Switzerland's diversity of cultures makes for dynamic local arts scenes and
   world-class creative productions.
   
   
   SPORT AND LEISURE
   
   The Swiss love their sport, especially outdoor pursuits.
   
   
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   POLITICAL SYSTEM
   
   In the Swiss federal state, direct democracy and the federal system ensure
   individual autonomy as well as cohesion.
   
   
   SWITZERLAND AND THE WORLD
   
   Switzerland takes a proactive approach in its foreign policy, particularly
   towards the EU. Switzerland's neutrality and humanitarian tradition allow it
   to host numerous international organisations and undertake protecting power
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   THE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND
   
   From loose pile-dwelling settlements to the modern federal Swiss state: key
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   SWISS ECONOMY – OVERVIEW
   
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   means of transport. For freight transport, efforts are under way to shift
   from road to rail.
   
   
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   EDUCATION
   
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   GEOGRAPHY
   
   Switzerland lies at the heart of Europe. It has three distinct geographical
   regions: the Alps, the Central Plateau and the Jura. The country boasts an
   extraordinary variety of landscapes and habitats, which make it a highly
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   NATURE
   
   A special feature of the Swiss landscape is its abundant natural ecosystems
   and their proximity to urban centres. However, it is the mountains which have
   proven to be integral to Switzerland's national identity.
   
   
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   75 YEARS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS: A COMMON PRIORITY AND ONGOING RELEVANCE
   
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   HEIDI: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF A SWISS MYTH
   
   Heidi is Switzerland's most famous child: the novel by Johanna Spyri has been
   translated into 70 languages and has inspired over 15 film adaptations.
   
   
   ALLEGRA! A LOOK AT ROMANSH, SWITZERLAND'S FOURTH LANGUAGE
   
   Romansh is the fourth national language. Spoken almost exclusively in the
   canton of Graubünden, Romansh is part of the Swiss identity and has official
   language status.
   
   
   
   
   A SPARKLING METALLIC-GREY SHARD OF ROCK CRYSTAL IN THE HEART OF THE ALPS
   
   At an altitude of 2,883 metres and nestled among the glaciers and imposing
   peaks of the Valais Alps, the new Monte Rosa mountain refuge rises from the
   icy landscape like a giant sparkling shard of rock crystal.
   
   
   SOLAR IMPULSE – AROUND THE WORLD IN A SOLAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT
   
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   THE NEW RAIL LINK THROUGH THE ALPS (NRLA) SERVING EUROPE
   
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   Gotthard Base Tunnel – at 57.1 km, the world's longest railway tunnel.
   
   
   
   
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UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention protects natural and cultural sites of
outstanding universal value. To date, Switzerland has 13 UNESCO World Heritage
sites, nine cultural and four natural heritage sites.


The narrow, stone-walled 11th-century terraced vineyards of Lavaux demonstrate
an ingenious use of local resources. © www.diapo.ch / Régis Colombo



UNESCO has set itself the mission of protecting cultural and natural heritage of
outstanding universal value. Since 1978, it has maintained a list of such sites,
which already number over 1,100 worldwide. Thirteen of these are in Switzerland.
There are nine sites of cultural importance (buildings of particular
architectural merit, entire towns, and sites that bear witness to the emergence
of industrialisation). The remaining four are sites of outstanding natural
value.

The first three Swiss sites to be included on the UNESCO list in 1983 were the
Library and Monastery Complex of St Gallen, with its Baroque cathedral and
library containing 170,000 books spanning 12 centuries, the Old City of Bern,
with its medieval architecture, and the Benedictine Convent of St John in
Müstair (canton of Graubünden), which houses Switzerland's most impressive
series of figurative murals.

Next to join the list, in 2000, were the Three Castles of Bellinzona (canton of
Ticino), and their medieval defensive walls and ramparts, and in 2001 the
Jungfrau-Aletsch region (cantons of Bern and Valais), the largest contiguous
glaciated area in the Alps. In 2003, UNESCO World Natural Heritage status was
granted to the pyramid-shaped Monte San Giorgio (canton of Ticino) and its
repository of 250-300 million-year-old fossils. In 2007 it was the turn of the
Lavaux vineyard terraces (canton of Vaud), which stretch for 30 kilometres and
are an outstanding example of a centuries-long interaction between people and
their environment.

The Albula and Bernina lines of the Rhaetian Railway, which are a prime example
of civil engineering achievements in harmony with the landscape, was named a
UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008. The Swiss Tectonic Arena of Sardona (cantons
of Graubünden, St Gallen and Glarus), a mountain formation covering over 32
thousand hectares that emerged from the collision of the African and European
continental plates, was added to the list the same year. 2009 saw the addition
of the watchmaking town of La Chaux-de-Fonds, which illustrates the close
connection between watchmaking and town planning in the industrial history of
the late 18th century.

In 2011, 56 locations on lakeshores, riverbanks and marshes bearing the remnants
of prehistoric pile dwellings dating from around 5,000 BCE to 500 BCE became
World Heritage sites.

The two most recent additions to the list are spread out in various locations in
several countries. In 2016, the architectural works of Le Corbusier were added.
Recognised as a contribution to modernism, the Swiss architect's works can be
found in seven countries on three continents. Since 2021, two Swiss forest
reserves have been listed as part of the World Heritage Site of ancient and
primeval beech forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe. 




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World Heritage in Switzerland


UNESCO World Heritage, Federal Office of Culture


Videos of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Switzerland, Swiss Commission for
UNESCO, youtube.com




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