UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Switzerland
13 June 2022
By adopting the convention in 1972, UNESCO tasked itself with preserving cultural and natural sites of exceptional universal value for future generations. More than 1,100 sites are now recognised as world heritage sites. Switzerland was one of the first signatories in 1975.
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps, the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes, La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning, the Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces, the three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of Bellinzona, the Old City of Bern, the Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair and the Abbey of St Gall