Local history in Switzerland.
17 March 2021
Le Pays-d´Enhaut belonged to the Count of Gruyère until 1555. After his bankruptcy, the region was ruled by Bern (the city also introduced the Reformation). The region was assigned to the new canton of Vaud by the Act of Mediation (Mediationsakte) in 1803. The three most important villages are Rougemont, Château-d´Oex and Rossinière; smaller villages … Read more » “Le Pays-d´Enhaut”
17 March 2021
A walk along the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux (canton Vaud) encounters politicians, journalists, artists and royals from the 19th and 20th centuries. Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), Gustave Coubert (1819-1877), Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), Empress Sisi (1837-1898), Ignacy Paderewski (1860-1941), Henryk Sienkiewics (1846-1916), Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), Carl Gustaf Emil von Mannerheim (1867-1951) or, for example, … Read more » “Montreux”
16 March 2021
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