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Auditorium strevnski
Chernex
~20.56 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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City Centre Montreux
Chernex
~20.69 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Place du Marche
Chernex
~20.88 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Southeast of the palace of the prince-bishops stretches the tree-lined Place du Marché, the market square surrounded by Baroque houses. From here the narrow street En Neuvice, once the street of goldsmiths and today a pedestrian zone, leads down to the Meuse.
Hobbies & Activities category: Market, shopping area; Scenic site or route
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Freddie Mercury Statue
Chernex
~20.94 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Freddie Mercury statue in Montreux overlooking Lake Geneva. ... Beginning in 2003, fans from around the world gather in Switzerland annually to pay tribute ...
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Montreux Casino
Caux
~20.99 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Montreux Casino (Casino Barrière de Montreux) is a casino located in Montreux, Switzerland, on the shoreline of Lake Geneva. It has served as the venue for the Montreux Jazz Festival and was rebuilt following a 1971 fire. It is a property of Groupe Lucien Barrière.
Montreux Casino was built in 1881 and had modifications made to it in 1903. Throughout the twentieth century, the site played host to many great symphony orchestras and well-known conductors. By the late 1960s, jazz, blues and rock artists began to perform there.
In 1967 the Casino became the venue for the Montreux Jazz Festival, which was the brainchild of music promoter Claude Nobs. The festival was held there annually and lasted for three days. The highlights of this era were Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Evans, Ni...
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Chateau de Chillon
Territet
~21.68 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) is located on the shore of Lake Geneva in the municipality of Veytaux, at the eastern end of the lake, 3 km from Montreux, Switzerland. The castle consists of 100 independent buildings that were gradually connected and now form a single whole.
The oldest parts of the castle have not been definitively dated, but the first written record of the castle is in 1160 or 1005.[1] From the mid 12th century, the castle was home to the Counts of Savoy, and it was greatly expanded in the 13th century by Pietro II. The Castle was never taken in a siege, but did change hands through treaties.
It was made popular by Lord Byron, who wrote the poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about François de Bonivard, a Genevois monk and politician who was imprisoned there fro...
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Bern Natural History Museum
~23.08 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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he organizational structure of the Museum, in terms of its collections, is as follows through these online Departments:
* Earth Sciences - The origins of the Earth Science collections of the Natural History Museum of Bern can be traced back to at least 1721, when three (3) large quartz crystals from the Zinggenstock (Grimsel area, Bernese Oberland) were given to the Library of Bern.
o The Mineralogy and Petrography section contains:
--The Systematic Mineral collection (of about 30,000 specimens) is the principal and best documented collection. Notable here are Swiss Alpine minerals, minerals from the Lengenbach quarry, and other Swiss locations (about 2000 Swiss localities represented). Other strongly represented regions and countries are the U.S.A. (766 ...
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Bern Historical Museum
~23.19 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Historical Museum of Bern is the second largest historical museum in Switzerland. It was built in 1894 by the Neuchâtel architect André Lambert. As it was first conceived as the Swiss National Museum (the city of Zurich was chosen to host it later) the architect took as model various historic castles from the fifteenth and sixteenth century.
The museum contains collections related to the history of Berne from prehistory to the present and other permanent exhibitions from Asia and Egypt. It is a heritage site of national significance
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Bundeshaus (Swiss Parliament)
~23.19 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Bundeshaus or Federal Palace (French: Palais fédéral, Italian: Palazzo federale; Latin: Curia Confoederationis Helveticae) is the name of the building in Bern in which the Swiss Federal Assembly (federal parliament) and the Federal Council is housed.
The name in German means "house of the federation" or "house of the alliance".
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
City Centre Bern
~23.24 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Clock Tower (Zeitglockenturm)
~23.36 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Clock Tower (Zeitglockenturm) was Bern's first western city gate (1191 - 1256) and formed the boundary of the first city extension. Today it is one of Bern's most important sights. The ornate astronomical calendar clock was created in 1530.
The tower clock was the city's main clock and therefore had an authoritative function in Bern. It was from there that travel times indicated on the hour stones along the cantonal roads were measured. Length units - formerly cubit and fathom, today meter and double meter - for public inspection are displayed in the arch of the gate.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Theater am Zytglogge
~23.36 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Bern Art Museum (Kunstmuseum)
~23.36 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Works by Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Ferdinand Hodler and Meret Oppenheim have made the Museum of Fine Arts Bern an institution with an international reputation. At the present time, the constantly growing and evolving collection consists of over 3,000 paintings and sculptures as well as 48,000 drawings, prints, photographs, videos and films.
The roots of the museum’s history reach back to the revolutionary ideas proliferating
towards the end of the 18th century which, in 1809, led to the founding of the National Art Collection in Bern and, in 1879, to the opening of the first museum building.
The Museum of Fine Arts Bern is the oldest art museum in Switzerland with a permanent collection and houses works covering eight centuries.
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Zahringerbrunnen
~23.38 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Zahringerbrunnen. Monument to the founder of Bern, Berchtold V.
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Einstein Haus
~23.43 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Residence of Albert Einstein in Bern for 1902-1905
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Old City Centre of Berne
~23.45 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Old City of Bern is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. Built on a narrow hill surrounded on three sides by the Aare River, its compact layout has remained essentially unchanged since its construction during the 12th to the 15th century. Despite a major fire in 1405, after which much of the city was rebuilt in sandstone, and substantial construction efforts in the 18th century, Bern's old city has retained its medieval character.
The Old City is home to Switzerland's tallest cathedral as well as other churches, bridges and a large collection of Renaissance fountains. In addition to many historical buildings, the seats of the federal, cantonal and municipal government are also situated in the Old City. It is a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site since 1983 due to the compa...
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Berner Munster
~23.47 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Münster of Bern (German: Berner Münster) is the Gothic cathedral (or minster) in the old city of Bern, Switzerland. Construction started in 1421. Its tower, with a height of 100 m (328 ft), was only completed in 1893. It is the tallest cathedral in Switzerland and is a Cultural Property of National Significance.
The first church on this site probably was a small chapel built during the founding of Bern (1191). During the 13th Century a larger three nave church with a tower on the north side was built. By the 15th Century, Bern had expanded and become a major city-state north of the Alps. To celebrate their growing power and wealth, plans were made to build a new and larger church. On March 11, 1421 construction began on the cathedral under the direction of the Strasbourg master buil...
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Bern Town Hall (Rathaus Bern)
~23.53 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Rathaus (town hall) of the city of Bern, seat of the parliaments of the city and the canton of Bern as well as of the Executive Council of Bern.
Currently, the Grand Council of the Swiss Canton of Bern, the cantonal parliament, is in session in the Rathaus (town hall) of Bern. The Council has since been reduced from 200 to 160 members.
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Botanical Gardens
~23.54 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Bear Pits (Barengraben)
~23.69 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Bärengraben, or Bear Pit, is a well-known tourist attraction, an enclosure housing bears at the eastern edge of the Old City of Berne, next to the Nydeggbrücke and the Aare River. The bear is a symbol of Berne, both the city and canton, and is featured in Berne's coat of arms.
The first records of the bears existing in the city come from 1441. This particular site is the fourth such enclosure and was first opened in 1857. In 1925, a smaller pit was added to raise the young bear cubs. Today, the Bärengraben is part of the city zoo (Dählhölzli) and a heritage site of national significance.
As of May 2009, the Bärengraben is empty. Its last two bears were put down in 2008 and 2009 due to old age and ill health. As a replacement, the nearby BärenPark (bear park), an open-air park nex...
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Nydeggbrucke
~23.72 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Nydeggbrücke is a bridge in Bern, Switzerland which connects the eastern part of the old city to the new part. It crosses over the Aare River and is located very close to the Bärengraben. It was built in parallel to the Untertorbrücke in 1840, which until then had been the only bridge crossing the Aare. The Nydeggbrücke is in total 190 meters long and took three years to build.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Untertorbrucke
~23.76 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Untertorbrücke (German: Lower Gate Bridge) is a stone arch bridge that spans the river Aar at the easternmost point of the Enge peninsula in the city of Bern, Switzerland, connecting the Mattequartier in the Old City to the Schosshalde neighbourhood. Built in its current form in 1461–89, it is the oldest of Bern's Aar bridges, and was the city's only bridge up until the middle of the 19th century.
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Bern Rose Garden
~24.00 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Rose Garden is a large park with a wonderful view of the old town and river Aare loop. The park is home to 220 different types of roses, 200 types of irises and moor beds with 28 different types of rhododendrons.
From 1765 - 1877 the Rose Garden served as a cemetery for the lower town. Since 1913 the Rose Garden has been a public park resplendent with the rich beauty of flowers and featuring a pond. From 1956 - 62 the park was redesigned and rhododendrons and azaleas as well as an iris garden were introduced. A pavilion and reading garden provide an opportunity for relaxation. The restaurant Rosengarten is a great place to while away the time and offers a view of the rows of houses in the old town.
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Paul Klee Museum
~24.33 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Paul Klee (German pronunciation: [kle?]; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland, and is considered both a Swiss painter and a German painter.[a] His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. He was, as well, a student of orientalism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented with and eventually mastered color theory, and wrote extensively about it; his lectures on form and design theory, published in English as the Paul Klee Notebooks, are considered so important for modern art that are compared to the importance that Leonardo's A Treatise on Painting had for Renaissance. He and his colleague , the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, both taught at the German Bauhaus school of art, de...
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Stade de Suisse Wankdorf
Ittigen
~24.80 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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The Stade de Suisse Wankdorf is a football stadium in Bern, Switzerland. It is the home ground of the Swiss football team BSC Young Boys, and is currently the second biggest all-seater football stadium in Switzerland. The Wankdorf was one of the venues for Euro 2008.
The Stade de Suisse was built on the grounds of the former Wankdorf Stadium, which had been demolished in 2001. The new stadium has a capacity of 32,000 spectators, all covered seats. Integrated into the roof are solar panels with a yearly production of 700,000 kWh. The stadium was officially opened on July 30, 2005, although the first match in the new stadium had already taken place on July 16 2005. Young Boys played against Olympique Marseille and lost 2-3 with 14,000 spectators watching. The match was considered an "infr...
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Schaudaupark
Hilterfingen
~25.11 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Thun Art Museum (Kunstmuseum Thun)
Hilterfingen
~25.11 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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We walked by this beautiful building...right on the banks of the River Aare...You cant help but discover it as it is possibly the most grand building along the walkway...the day that we drove coming from Interlaken we parked in the public parking lot for about an hour while we walked around.
The city of Thun's art collection has been housed here in the former luxury hotel,Thunerhof, since 1949.
Important minor masters, classic Swiss modern art, a large group of Swiss Pop Art works as well as works from a promising artistic community in the region have been collected and are displayed here.The City's administration also is located in this building..
Here if you're interested you can have a guided tour.Workshops for children and young people are available also.
The hours of opera...
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Schloss Schandau
Hilterfingen
~25.14 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Schloss Schadau is a castle on the south side of the Aar near Lake Thun in the city of Thun, Canton Berne, Switzerland.
It is situated in the Schaudaupark, and was built between 1846 and 1854 according to the plans of Pierre-Charles Dusillon in the Gothic Revival style, for the banker Abraham Denis Alfred de Rougemont
Since 1925 the castle has belonged to the city of Thun and contains a restaurant and the Swiss Gastronomy Museum. Between 1972 and 1992 the façade of the castle was renovated by the city's own quarrymen.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Pont-la-Ville
Lausanne Cathedral
Lake Geneva
~25.71 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Construction on the cathedral began in 1175 and it was consecrated in 1275 by Pope Gregory X. It was completed in, well, never - it still remains unfinished today.
Throughout the Middle Ages, pilgrims flocked to the cathedral to pray before the Golden Virgin, a miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary (to whom the cathedral is dedicated).
Lausanne was one of many medieval cities to institute a nightwatch to prevent the all-too-common threat of devastating fires. Although it is mostly stone stone, the city was once made mostly of wood and burned down several times. Every night, watchmen stationed on the wall surrounding the town would call out to each other, ensuring that there were no fires and that no enemy was approaching.
The cathedral nightwatch was the most important. Every night...
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Lausanne Historical Museum
Lake Geneva
~25.72 miles from Pont-la-Ville city center
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Next to the Cathedral, the Musee historique de Lausanne is housed in the former bishops' palace. The permanent collection depicts Lausanne through the ages, with a rich variety of images and relics from the past. Notably, there is a splendid small-scale model showing Lausanne as it was at the start of the 17th century. Other small permanent collections (like the old musical instruments) appear next to the temporary exhibitions. To know more about this museum, please check the website.
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