20 April 2022
Deep blue lakes and sunny snow-capped peaks – with its landscape and unique light, the Engadine is one of the most spectacular (holiday) destinations and natural environments in the Alps. The book presents the most important places and beautiful landscapes, from Sent to Sils, Corvatsch to Münstertal. The Alpine passes, viaducts, valleys, mountains, lakes, villages … Read more » “The Engadine in the Spotlights”
1 April 2022
The atlas covers almost six millennia of Swiss history, with more than one hundred maps grouped into chapters. Short texts explain each map and chapter. Switzerland is presented with its neighbouring regions. Switzerland was not fixed in time and space until 1848 but was in the making for centuries. For centuries, Switzerland was an alliance, … Read more » “Historical Atlas of Switzerland”
21 March 2022
Why and when did little Switzerland become a relatively large economic power in the twentieth century? The basis goes back centuries to the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Trade in central Switzerland flourished after the opening of the Gotthard Pass in the thirteenth century. The Confederation, and its powerful cities, developed. Bern was the most … Read more » “The Swiss Economic Laboratorium”
