Sites for sore eyes
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World Heritage Site since 1983: The Old Town of Bern Picture: Swiss-Image swiss-image -
World Heritage Site since 1983: The Old Town of Bern Picture: Lucyna Koch Lucyna Koch -
World Heritage Site since 1983: Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair Picture: Reinhard Eisele www.eisele-photos.de -
World Heritage Site since 1983: Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair Picture: Arno Balzarini/Keystone Keystone -
World Heritage Site since 1983: The Convent of St Gallen Picture: Martin Ruetschi/Keystone Keystone -
World Heritage Site since 1983: Library at the Convent of St Gallen Picture: Swiss-Image swiss-image -
World Heritage Site since 2000: Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the market town of Bellinzona Picture: Swiss-Image swiss-image -
World Heritage Site since 2000: Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the market town of Bellinzona Picture: Swiss-Image swiss-image -
World Heritage Site since 2001: Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn mountain region Picture: Swiss-Image swiss-image -
World Heritage Site since 2001: Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn mountain region Picture: Swiss-Image swiss-image -
World Heritage Site since 2003: Monte San Giorgio Picture: Karl Mathis/Keystone Keystone -
World Heritage Site since 2003: Monte San Giorgio with its paleontological finds Picture: Keystone/Martin Ruetschi Keystone -
World Heritage Site since 2007: The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces overlooking Lake Geneva Picture: Martin Ruetschi/Keystone Keystone -
World Heritage Site since 2007: The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces overlooking Lake Geneva in winter Picture: Swiss-Image swiss-image -
World Heritage Site since 2008: Glarus Overthrust Picture: Arno Balzarini/Keystone Keystone -
World Heritage Site since 2008: Glarus Overthrust Picture: Gaetan Bally/Keystone Keystone -
World Heritage Site since 2008: Rhaetian Railway, Albula/Bernina, Landwasser viaduct Picture: Lucyna Koch Lucyna Koch -
World Heritage Site since 2008: Rhaetian Railway, Albula/Bernina, the circle viaduct near Brusio Picture: Swiss-Image/Peter Donatsch swiss-image -
World Heritage Site since 2009: La Chaux-de-Fonds Picture: A. Henchoz -
World Heritage Site since 2009: Le Locle A. Henchoz -
World Heritage Site since 2011: 56 pile dwelling sites in Switzerland such as this example at Concise, next to Lake Neuchatel in canton Vaud. Keystone
Quality and quantity: Switzerland's Unesco world heritage sites.
This content was published on July 16, 2008 - 14:15
Unesco, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has currently around 9000 sites "of outstanding universal value" in more than 140 countries. There are 66 sites in Switzerland - 63 cultural (including 56 pile dwelling sites) and three natural.
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