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The Jura Mountain Range

The Jura mountain range extends over several cantons in western Switzerland. It borders the Swiss Plateau region and covers 10% of the total area of Switzerland. In French-speaking Switzerland, the Jura mainly covers the cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Bern and Jura, and in German-speaking Switzerland, the cantons of Solothurn, Basel-Land and Aargau. The Jura … Read more » “The Jura Mountain Range”

Bridge-builder Regio Basiliensis

In the second century AD, the Romans and Celtic inhabitants of Augusta Raurica (today’s Augst, canton Basel-Landschaft) built the first bridge across the Rhine. Augusta Raurica was a city (Colonia) founded by the Romans in 44 BC. Augusta Raurica and the first bridge over the Rhine, a. 240 n. Chr. Image:  Augusta Raurica Museum A … Read more » “Bridge-builder Regio Basiliensis”