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swissinfo.ch: World Heritage Sites in Switzerland

Bern (ots)

swissinfo.ch is presenting special multimedia reports
on the country's growing and diverse list of Unesco World Heritage 
Sites. The special dossier, available online in Switzerland's 
national languages, is now also in English, Spanish, Portuguese, 
Chinese and Japanese. The reports invite visitors on a virtual 
journey through the centuries to discover Switzerland's cultural and 
natural treasures that are considered by Unesco to be of "outstanding
value to humanity".
The Unesco list includes 890 World Heritage Sites in 145 
countries. Ten of the sites are in Switzerland with the unique 19th 
century town planning of the watchmaking centres Le Locle und La 
Chaux-de- Fonds the latest to be recognised. Switzerland gained entry
to the exclusive World Heritage club in 1983 when Bern's old town and
the convents of St Gallen and St John at Müstair were listed. Added 
over the years have been the three castles of Bellinzona (2000), the 
Lavaux vineyard terraces (2007) and the Rhaetian Railway lines in the
Albula and Bernina area (2008).
Switzerland is the only alpine nation to be home to three Unesco 
World Heritage Natural Sites: the Jungfrau-Aletsch region (2001), 
Monte San Giorgio with its Triassic period fossils (2003), and the 
Tectonic Arena Sardona (2008).
The Swiss are also involved in the candidature of two cross-border
proposals: the prehistoric pile dwelling sites spread across the Alps
and the works of architect Le Corbusier.
The multimedia reports including videos, galleries and interviews 
are presented on swissinfo.ch in eight languages. Visitors to the 
website can also test their World Heritage knowledge in a quiz.
Link : http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/unesco
swissinfo.ch is one of the enterprise units of SRG SSR idée 
suisse, Switzerland's public-service radio and television 
broadcaster. Its remit is to inform Swiss people abroad of what is 
going on at home, and to raise awareness about Switzerland beyond its
borders. To this end, swissinfo.ch operates a news and information 
platform in nine languages at www.swissinfo.ch .

Contact:

Stefania Summermatter
Project Manager
Phone: +41/31/350'95'25
E-Mail: stefania.summermatter@swissinfo.ch

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