Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/2007

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See Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/2006 for earlier selected pictures.

Weeks in 2007 edit

Week 3

Nufenen pass

The Nufenen Pass links Ulrichen in canton of Valais leads with the Bedretto valley in the canton of Ticino.

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Week 4

Frédéric-César de La Harpe

Frédéric-César de La Harpe (1754-1834) was an influential politician during the Helvetic Republic and tutor of tsar Alexander I.

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Week 5

Lucerne old town at Reuss

The river Reuss in the old town of Lucerne.

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Week 6

A5 motorway bridge over the Aar river

The bridge of the A5 motorway over the Aar river at Grenchen.

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Week 7

Tramway in Basel

A tram of Baselland Transport in the city of Basel: view from Theaterberg towards Barfüsserplatz. Line 11 connects Aesch, Reinach with the central station of Basel and continues to the border at Saint-Louis.

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Week 8

Lauterbrunnen valley

The Lauterbrunnen valley seen from Männlichen. Lauterbrunnen is a municipality in the district of Interlaken of the Bernese Oberland. The name Lauterbrunnen is a combination of lauter meaning clear or bright, and Brunnen meaning spring. The Lauterbrunnen valley is also known for the Staubbach Falls which are recalled in Goethe's poem Gesang der Geister über den Wassern (literal translation: song of the spirits above the waters).

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Week 9

Statue of Nikolaus of Flüe

Statue of Nicholas of Flue (1417–1487) at Flüeli-Ranft

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Week 10

Old town of Wil SG

The old town of Wil in the Canton of St. Gallen with its characteristic Hof, the residence of the abbots of St. Gall.

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Week 11

Fraumünster Church Zürich

On the Limmat river at Zurich: Fraumünster church, Zunfthaus zur Meisen, Münster-bridge, tower of St. Peter's Church.

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Week 12

Train of the RhB (Rhaetian Railway) on the Landwasser Viaduct between Schmitten and Filisur

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Week 13

Lake near Sunnig Grat, Uri valley

Landscape near Sunnig Grat, canton of Uri.

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Week 14

Jean Piaget

Bust of Jean Piaget (1896-1980), philosopher, natural scientist and developmental psychologist.

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Week 15

Solothurn market square (Marktplatz)

Market square of Solothurn.

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Week 16

Abbaye de la Maigrauge Fribourg

Abbaye de la Maigrauge is a Cistercian nunnery in Fribourg. It was founded in 1255.

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Week 17

Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/Week 17, 2007

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Week 18

Emmetten above Lake Lucerne with Mythen in the background

Emmetten above Lake Lucerne with the two Mythen peaks in the background.

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Week 19

Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/Week 19, 2007

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Week 20

Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/Week 20, 2007

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Week 21

Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/Week 21, 2007

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Week 22

Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/Week 22, 2007

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Week 23

Arnisee

Arnisee, a mountain lake in the canton of Uri.

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Week 24

Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/Week 24, 2007

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Week 25

Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/Week 25, 2007

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Week 26

Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/Week 26, 2007

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Week 27

Portal:Switzerland/Selected picture/Week 27, 2007

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Week 28

The Federal Palace of Switzerland (German: Bundeshaus, Frenc: Palais fédéral, Italian: Palazzo federale; Latin: Curia Confoederationis Helveticae) is the building in Bern in which the Swiss Federal Assembly and the Federal Council are housed.