This section gives a brief description of projects in the field of culture and history.
1 February 2022
The organisation ´Swiss Historic Hotels´ brings together a wide range of hotels and accommodations steeped in history, from simple historic inns to Grand Hotels. The buildings have maintained their historic authenticity and architectural significance, due to careful renovations and measures to preserve the past in line with accepted conservation practices.
1 February 2022
At the end of September 1936 the Kosciuszko association was founded, which now has 550 members in Switzerland.Poland and the United States. Swiss, Americans and Poles want to cultivate the traditional friendship between the countries. The association manages the Kosciuszko Museum in Solothurn and the Kosciuszko complex in Zuchwil with a monument and a Polish … Read more » “The Kosciuszko Association”
1 February 2022
The Association des châteaux vaudois represents monuments open to the public in the various regions of the canton. They bear witness to a rich common history, usually linked to that of the House of Savoy. Vaud has a rich and varied historical architectural heritage. Among the monuments are almost two hundred castles, towers, fortified houses … Read more » “Association of Castles of Vaud”
1 February 2022
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1 February 2022
The Foundation ((Fondazione Majid) aims to encourage, support and reward young artists, researchers and inventors The projects range from the artistic to the scientific, humanistic and ecological/environmental fields. The Foundation supports by financial contributions, in favor of individuals or private groups. The latter propose projects directly or in partnership with other non-profit organizations and/or social … Read more » “Fondazione Majid”
1 February 2022
The aim of the Inventory (Bundesinventar der historischen Verkehrswege der Schweiz, l’Inventaire fédéral des voies de communication historiques de la Suisse, IVS) is to preserve and maintain these important witnesses from the past to the present. They shape the landscape and are often also outstanding cultural objects in terms of construction and architecture.
1 February 2022
The collections of the Foundation focus on five distinct fields: Antiquities, Ethnology, Fine Arts Decorative Arts and African Contemporary Art and the Diaspora. The Foundation Gandur pour l’Art lends its works to the most prestigious institutions in the museum world so that they can be discovered by as many people as possible.
1 February 2022
In 2005, the Foundation (Fondation Barry) took over the breeding kennel from the Great Saint Bernard Pass Hospice together with the kennel’s famous Saint Bernard dogs. The Foundation in Martigny (canton Valais) has been the owner of the 300-year-old breeding kennel, the oldest and most important Saint Bernard kennel in the world. In accordance with … Read more » “The Barry Foundation”
1 February 2022
The Association is dedicated to the preservation and awareness of historic residential buildings, from old town houses, to farms, chalets, castles, manors or other estates. The Association has over 1,500 members and was founded in 1984 on a national level. Later on, cantonal and regional divisions were formed. In order to achieve its objectives, Domus … Read more » “Domus Antiqua Helvetica”
1 February 2022
The Swiss Landscape Fund (Le Fonds Suisse pour le Paysage, FLS/Der Fonds Landschaft Schweiz) was established in 1991 to mark the 700th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation. The FLS provides financial support for the preservation and restoration of landscapes, natural and cultural monuments. This support promotes the willingness and ability of regional and local organisations … Read more » “The Swiss Landscape Fund”
