This section contains an overview of the most relevant monuments in Switzerland.
12 April 2019
The region has been a battlefield for centuries. The Counts of Tyrol, the (Austrian and Spanish) Habsburgs, local dynasties, the Bünder alliances and their (French) allies were the main protagonists until the last war, the Bündner Wirren (1618-1639). The Lords of Frickingen of Überlingen am Bodensee built the Steinsberg castle in the eleventh century. The … Read more » “Ardez and Steinsberg Castle”
12 February 2019
The castle of Romont was built in 1240 by Pierre II of Savoy (the Little Charlemagne, 1203-1268). The castle houses the glass museum (Vitromusée) nowadays. The museum has a unique stained glass collection from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Art Nouveau to contemporary works. (Quelle: F. Guex, Romont, Stiftskirche und ehemalige Kapuzinerkirche, Bern, 2014).
31 January 2019
In 1773, 32 years before its destruction in 1805, the topographer Emanuel Büchel (1705-1775) painted and mentioned the Basler Totentanz image by image in an album. Basel, Museum Kleines Klingental. Der Totentanz. Johann Rudolf Feyerabend (1779-1814) painted the Totentanz in 1806. He based his paintings on this album. Basel, Weberstrasse near the Klingentalkloster, wall painting … Read more » “The Basler Dance of Death”
