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This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage in Swiss.

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Site	Type	Criterion	Description	Drawing
47.4239.37721 Abbey of St. Gallen	Cultural	(ii) (iv)	The Convent of St. Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the 8th century until its secularization in 1805, one of the most important in Europe. Its library, one of the richest and oldest in the world, contains valuable manuscripts, including the oldest known architectural drawing on parchment. From 1755 to 1768, the conventual domain was rebuilt in baroque style. The cathedral and the library are the main components of this remarkable architectural ensemble, a reflection of twelve centuries of activity.	UNESCO sheet
Rhaetian Railway in the landscapes of the Albula and Bernina	Cultural	(ii) (iv)	The Rhaetian Railway in the Albula and Bernina Landscape unites two historic railway lines that cross the Swiss Alps at two passes. Opened in 1904, the Albula line, in the north of the northwestern part of the site, forms 67 km long. It has an impressive set of structures with 42 tunnels and covered galleries and 144 viaducts and bridges. The 61 km of the Bernina line total 13 tunnels and galleries as well as 52 viaducts and bridges. The property shows an exemplary use of the railway to open up the central Alps at the beginning of the XXe century; these two railway lines have had a lasting socio-economic impact on mountain life. The two lines present an exceptional technical, architectural and environmental ensemble. They embody architectural and civil engineering achievements in harmony with the landscapes they cross.	UNESCO sheet
Benedictine Convent of Saint John of the Sisters in Müstair	Cultural	(iii)		UNESCO sheet
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, watchmaking town planning	Cultural	(iv)		UNESCO sheet
Lavaux, terraced vineyard	Cultural	(iii) (iv) (v)		UNESCO sheet
Le Corbusier's architectural work, an exceptional contribution to the Modern Movement	Cultural	(i) (ii) (vi)		UNESCO sheet
Prehistoric pile-dwelling sites around the Alps	Cultural	(iv) (v)	This serial property includes 111 sites where there are remains of prehistoric dwellings (on stilts) in and around the Alps. Dating from around 5,000 to around 500 BC. AD, they are located on the edges of lakes, rivers or marshy lands. Only a small number have been excavated but they have provided material that provides insight into everyday life in Alpine Europe from the Neolithic and Bronze Age, as well as information on how communities interacted with their surroundings. . Fifty-six sites are located in Switzerland. These establishments constitute a unique group of particularly rich and very well preserved archaeological sites; they represent important sources for the study of the first agrarian societies in the region.	UNESCO sheet
Three castles, wall and ramparts of the village of Bellinzona	Cultural	(iv)		UNESCO sheet
46.94467.47732 Old town of Bern	Cultural	(iii)	Founded in the 12th century on a hill surrounded by the Aare, Bern developed according to an exceptionally clear urban planning principle. Buildings in the old town, from various periods, include 15th century arcades and 16th century fountains.e century. Most of the medieval town was renovated in the 18th century.e century but has retained its original character.	UNESCO sheet
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (near Lauterbrunnen or from Grindelwald)	Natural	(vii) (viii) (ix)		UNESCO sheet
Swiss tectonic hotspot Sardona (south-east of canton of Glarus)	Natural	(viii)		UNESCO sheet
Monte San Giorgio (in the canton of Ticino)	Natural	(viii)		UNESCO sheet
Criteria legend (i) Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. (ii) To testify to a considerable exchange of influences during a given period or in a specific cultural area, on the development of architecture or technology, monumental arts, city planning or the creation of landscapes. (iii) To bring a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or a living or disappeared civilization. (iv) To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates one or more significant periods in human history. (v) Be a prominent example of traditional human settlement, traditional use of land or sea. (vi) To be directly or materially associated with events or living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (vii) Represent natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. (viii) To be eminently representative examples of the great stages in the history of the Earth. (ix) To be eminently representative examples of ecological and biological processes underway in the evolution and development of ecosystems. (x) Contain the most representative natural habitats and the most important for conservation in situ of biological diversity.

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