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Bern, Switzerland Bern View of Old Bern, Switzerland, showing red-roofed buildings and church spires clustered on a hill, surrounded by green trees and the winding Aare River. The medieval Clock Tower in Bern, Switzerland, seen from the Kramgasse. In the foreground is the Zähringen Fountain, surmounted by a bear in armour, the city's heraldic device. ogre Bubenberg, Adrian von Universal Postal Union
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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Old City of Berne, Switzerland. Aug 20, 2026
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Bern, Switzerland. Sep 26, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of the city of Bern, Switzerland. Nov 05, 2024
Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Old City of Berne, Switzerland. Sep 15, 2023
Corrected display issue. Feb 11, 2019
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of the Bern, Switzerland. Dec 18, 2016
Replaced photographs. Aug 14, 2015
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Bern, Switzerland. Oct 30, 2013
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Bern, Switzerland. Jan 29, 2013
Add new Web site: Maps of World - Bern, Switzerland. Jan 29, 2013
Article revised and updated. Feb 13, 2008
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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