Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona,Switzerland.

The Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona in the north-eastern part of the country covers a mountainous area of 32,850 ha which features seven peaks that rise above 3,000 m. The area displays an exceptional example of mountain building through continental collision and features .excellent geological sections through tectonic thrust, i.e. the process whereby older, deeper rocks are carried onto younger, shallower rocks. The site is distinguished by the clear three-dimensional exposure of the structures and processes that characterize this phenomenon and has been a key site for the geological sciences since the 18th century. The Glarus Alps are glaciated mountains rising dramatically above narrow river valleys and are the site of the largest post-glacial landslide in the Central Alpine region.
Date of Inscription: 2008
Ref: 1179  (Unesco.Org)
Extremely thankful to Oscar  for helping me complete Swiss site card collection.
2017  EUROPA Stamp - Palaces and Castles

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement,Switzerland.

 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier are spread over seven countries and are a testimonial to the invention of a new architectural language that made a break with the past. They were built over a period of a half-century, in the course of what Le Corbusier described as “patient research”. The Complexe du Capitole in Chandigarh (India), the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (Japan), the House of Dr Curutchet in La Plata (Argentina) and the Unité d’habitation in Marseille (France) reflect the solutions that the Modern Movement sought to apply during the 20th century to the challenges of inventing new architectural techniques to respond to the needs of society. These masterpieces of creative genius also attest to the internationalization of architectural practice across the planet.

Date of Inscription: 2016

Ref: 1321rev    ( unesco.org )

Received this beautiful card with nice stamps from Oscar.

2018 EUROPA Stamps - Bridges

2017 EUROPA Stamps - Palaces and Castles

Monte San Giorgio,Switzerland.

The pyramid-shaped, wooded mountain of Monte San Giorgio beside Lake Lugano is regarded as the best fossil record of marine life from the Triassic Period (245–230 million years ago). The sequence records life in a tropical lagoon environment, sheltered and partially separated from the open sea by an offshore reef. Diverse marine life flourished within this lagoon, including reptiles, fish, bivalves, ammonites, echinoderms and crustaceans. Because the lagoon was near land, the remains also include land-based fossils of reptiles, insects and plants, resulting in an extremely rich source of fossils.
Thank you Sylvia so.............o much  for the beautiful card with matching stamp and a Postcrossing stamp needed to complete the 3 stamp series.
Date of Inscription: 2003
Ref: 1090bis   ( unesco.org )
2017 Stamp- Postcrossing
2004 Stamp- UNESCO World Heritage

La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning,Switzerland.

The site  consists of two towns situated close to one another in a remote environment in the Swiss Jura mountains, Planned in the early 19th century, after extensive fires, the towns owed their existence to this single industry. Their layout along an open-ended scheme of parallel strips on which residential housing and workshops are intermingled reflects the needs of the local watchmaking culture that dates to the 17th century and is still alive today. . The town of La Chaux-de-Fonds was described by Karl Marx as a “huge factory-town” in Das Kapital where he analyzed the division of labour in the watchmaking industry of the Jura.

Thank you very very much Rosmarie for re-sending the card with the last stamp in 3 stamp set on Postcrossing.

Date of Inscription: 2009

Ref: 1302

2017 stamp- Postcrossing.

Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair,Switzerland.

The Convent of Müstair, which stands in a valley in the Grisons, is a good example of Christian monastic renovation during the Carolingian period. It has Switzerland's greatest series of figurative murals, painted c. A.D. 800, along with Romanesque frescoes and stuccoes.

Thank you Rosmarie for the scenic site card and nice Postcrossing stamps.

Date of Inscription: 1983

Ref: 269

2017 Stamp-Postcrossing

Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona.Switzerland.

The fortified ensemble of Bellinzona located in the canton of Ticino in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, south of the Alps, is the only visible example in the entire Alpine Arc of medieval military architecture comprising several castles, linked by a wall that once closed off the whole Ticino Valley, and the ramparts which surrounded the town for the protection of the civilian population.

Bellinzona thus constitutes an exceptional case among the greatest fortifications of the 15th century, both by the dimension of its architecture, influenced by the site and topography, and by the excellent state of conservation of the ensemble.Received this lovly site card from Rosmarie.A big thanks to you.

Date of Inscription: 2000

Ref: 884

2017 Stamp- Postcrossing

Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces,Switzerland.

The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces, stretching for about 30 km along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva from the Chateau de Chillon to the eastern outskirts of Lausanne in the Vaud region, cover the lower slopes of the mountainside between the villages and the lake. Although there is some evidence that vines were grown in the area in Roman times, the present vine terraces can be traced back to the 11th century, when Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries controlled the area. It is an outstanding example of a centuries-long interaction between people and their environment, developed to optimize local resources so as to produce a highly valued wine that has always been important to the economy.

Thank you Isabella for the scenic card with beautiful stamps.

Date of Inscription: 2007

Ref: 124

2017 Stamp-The 50th Anniversary of the Schilthorn-Piz Gloria Cable Car System.

2017 Stamp-The 200th Anniversay of Hergiswil Glass Craftsmanship.

Old City of Berne,Switzerland.

The Old City of Berne, a federal city of Switzerland and capital of the canton of Berne, is located on the Swiss plateau between the Jura and the Alps. Founded in the 12th century, it developed over the centuries in line with a an exceptionally coherent planning concept. The buildings in the Old City, dating from a variety of periods, include 15th-century arcades and 16th-century fountains. Most of the medieval town was restored in the 18th century but it has retained its original character.
Received this beautiful card from Gian in Italy.
Date of Inscription: 1983
Ref: 267

Convent of St Gall,Switzerland.

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Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps,Switzerland.

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Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch,Switzerland.

The site bringing its surface area from east and west up to 82,400 hectares provides an outstanding example of the formation of the High Alps, including the most glaciated part of the mountain range and the largest glacier in Eurasia. It features a wide diversity of ecosystems, including successional stages due particularly to the retreat of glaciers resulting from climate change. The site is of outstanding universal value both for its beauty and for the wealth of information it contains about the formation of mountains and glaciers, as well as ongoing climate change.
Ref: 1037bis
Date of Inscription: 2001
Extension: 2007
Thank you Ania for this splendid card.

Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes,Switzerland.

Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes, brings together two historic railway lines that cross the Swiss Alps through two passes. Opened in 1904, the Albula line in the north western part of the property is 67 km long. It features an impressive set of structures including 42 tunnels and covered galleries and 144 viaducts and bridges. The 61 km Bernina pass line features 13 tunnels and galleries and 52 viaducts and bridges. The property is exemplary of the use of the railway to overcome the isolation of settlements in the Central Alps early in the 20th century, with a major and lasting socio-economic impact on life in the mountains. It constitutes an outstanding technical, architectural and environmental ensemble and embodies architectural and civil engineering achievements, in harmony with the landscapes through which they pass.           Ref: 1276
This card with magnificent view was sent by Isabella in Italy.