20 May 2022
The Dukes of Burgundy, who does not know them from their heyday (1363-1477)? The last Duke, Charles the Bold (1433-1477), not only lost three battles (Grandson, Murten/Morat (1476) and Nancy (1477), but also his life in 1477 in the war against the Swiss Confederation. Savoy Another dynasty in this region, the Duchy of Savoy, is … Read more » “Savoy, Chambéry and the Swiss Confederation”
27 April 2022
The exhibition (Im Wald. Eine Kulturgeschichte) presents the (Swiss and European) natural and cultural history of the use, deforestation, protection and emergence of professional forestry in the 19th century and the perception of the forest in art from the Middle Ages to the present in literature, visual art and films. Cultural History of the Forest … Read more » “Cultural History of the Forest”
27 April 2022
Swiss engineers can not only drill tunnels and build railways but are also canal diggers, dyke builders and excellent water managers. Nidau, Richard la Nicca (1794-1883). Photo: TES Seeland Seeland and the big marsh (das Grosse Moor/ le grand marais) is the region in the Three-Lakes-Region (Drei-Seen-Land/le Pays des Trois Lacs), the lakes of Neuchâtel … Read more » “Swiss Water Management”
