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Historic attractions

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Solothurn (Schweizer Mittelland)
Solothurn is known as the most beautiful Baroque city in Switzerland, renowned for the architecture favoured by the ambassadors of the King of France who resided here from 1530 to 1792 – hence its epithet of the “City of Ambassadors”.
Solothurn
 
Splügen (Graubünden)
The landscape on either side of the Splügen pass – between Thusis in Graubünden, and the small Italian town of Chiavenna – shows traces of its 2,000-year history as a transit route over the Alps.
Splügen
 
St. Gallen (Eastern Switzerland / Liechtenstein)
St. Gallen’s History and Folklore Museum contains the largest ethnological and historicocultural collection in north-east Switzerland.
St. Gallen
 
Internationally important museum of art (covering the late Middle Ages to the present), and natural history with a regional focus.
St. Gallen
 
The elegant Textile Museum displays the most sumptuous fabrics as well as the finest St. Gallen embroidery.
St. Gallen
 
Tarasp (Graubünden)
The castle at Tarasp, built in 1040, is the symbol of the Lower Engadine, looking out over the valley.
Tarasp
 
Tschlin (Graubünden)
Well-preserved traditional village at the entrance to the Lower Engadine, with a terraced landscape rich in wildlife.
Tschlin
 
Uri
Who was the real William Tell?
Uri
 
Warth (Eastern Switzerland / Liechtenstein)
The former Carthusian monastery at Ittingen is a place with more than 850 years of history, and is one of the most important cultural sites in the region.
Warth
 
Werdenberg (Eastern Switzerland / Liechtenstein)
The oldest timber-frame settlement in Switzerland, with a medieval castle and regional museum. Tours on request.
Werdenberg