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Ice Pavilion
3906 Saas Fee, Canton of Valais, Switzerland
The famous alpine resort Saas-Fee in Switzerland has a lot of advantages. Ice Pavilion is one of them. This is a glacier museum located in Mount Mittelallalin and can be reached by a cable car of Metro Alpin from Felskinn Station.The pavilion is a geological cut of the glacier atop the mountain. ...
The Grande Dixence Dam
La Lichière, 1987 Hérémence, Switzerland
The main dam hydroelectric complex Klezon-Diksens Grand Diksens, was built in 1964. Located in the Swiss canton of Valais, in the south side of the city of Sion. Represents the world's greatest gravity dam with a height of 285 meters. Huge concrete wall holds incredible amounts of water melting ...
Great Saint Bernard Hospice
Route Grand-Saint-Bernard, 1946 Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland
Pass through the Great St. Bernard Pass in the Alps since ancient times was a road that connected Italy to Central Europe. The road was long and exhausting, not every traveler managed to overcome it. In 1050 St. Bernard of Menton founded a monastery on the pass, which was opened in a mountain ...
The Aletsch Glacier
Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Large Aletsch Glacier is located on the southern slope of the Bernese Oberland, in the territory of the Swiss canton of Valais. Covers an area of 24 kilometers in length. Aletsch known extraordinary beauty, its shape reminiscent of a huge riverbed. In 2001, the glacier was included in the list of ...
Historic centre of Sion
1950 Sion, canton du Valais, Suisse
Swiss Sion is located in the canton of Valais, in the Rhone Valley. The ancient city is known for many attractions, but its image is inextricably linked to two high hills, which rise like sentinels stories locks Valerie and Tourbillon. First mention of the castle Valerie found in records from 1049. ...
Matterhorn Museum
Kirchplatz, 3920 Zermatt, Kanton Wallis, Schweiz
Museum Zermatt in the Swiss community tells about history, culture and nature of the region. Small peasant village became famous ski resort since started to develop on the Matterhorn mountain climbing. One of the world's highest peaks - the Matterhorn impregnable, is a famous symbol of Switzerland. ...
Stockalper Palace
28, Alte Simplonstrasse, 3900 Brig, Switzerland
Shtokalper Castle is one of the largest castles in Switzerland. Located in the southern part of the country in Brig, in the territory of the canton of Valais.
The palace, built in 1658 - 1678 years, is the largest privately owned at the time. He belonged to a silk merchant Kaspar von ...
Rainer Maria Rilke Foundation
63, Rue du Bourg, 3960 Sierre, Switzerland
Rainer Maria Rilke was one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century. Foundation and Museum, dedicated to the works of Rilke, located in the center of the Swiss city of Sierre, in the historic 18th-century mansion. The poet himself lived in a small village Weir-sur-Sierre, close to the town, ...
Fondation Pierre Gianadda
59, Rue du Forum, 1920 Martigny, Switzerland
In the Swiss town of Martigny is Pierre Dzhanaddy Museum Fund, which is one of the country's cultural heritage.
It was founded in 1978 on the initiative of philanthropist Leonard Dzhanaddy and named in honor of his brother. Building fund was built around the ruins of an ancient Roman temple, in its ...
Saint-Maurice Bridge
Route de Vasselin, 1880 Saint-Maurice, Suisse
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