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Destination Switzerland.
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Swiss World Heritage properties and the Biosphere Reserve Entlebuch.
 Welcome.
Switzerland shares its rich heritage with you.
You hold your breath and barely dare to whisper,
lost for words amid such beauty. Such are the
feelings that seize us when we experience some-
thing truly magnificent: an ancient collection
of priceless books, for example, housed in an
exquisite Baroque library; or mighty alpine gla-
ciers; or vineyards cultivated with devotion over
centuries. Switzerland is home not only to cultural
treasures protected by UNESCO, such as the
Abbey Library in St.Gallen, but it is also blessed
with World Heritage landscapes: the Aletsch
Glacier, the Lavaux vineyards and many more.
Unique assets are worth protecting. We have
a duty to preserve them – and to share them.
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Old City of Bern.
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Benedictine Convent of St. John, Müstair.
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Three castles of Bellinzona.
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La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle,
Watchmaking Town Planning.
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Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces.
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Map: Swiss World Heritage properties and
the Biosphere Reserve Entlebuch.
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Monte San Giorgio.
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Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps.
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Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina
landscapes.
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Swiss Alps, Jungfrau-Aletsch.
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Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona.
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Convent of St.Gallen.
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Precious heritage.
UNESCO protects the World Heritage
of humanity.
Commission
suisse
pour l’UNESCO
Swiss
Commission
for UNESCO
Building bridges.
Coordinating, raising awareness, promoting dialogue: the Swiss
Commission for UNESCO acts as a bridge between the inter-
national community, Swiss civil society and the public authorities
at national and regional level. Within Switzerland, it promotes the
coordination of all stakeholders for joint promotion of the proper-
ties as a whole and raises public awareness of the principles and
values of World Heritage.
Organisation
des Nations Unies
pour l’éducation,
la science et la culture
United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
Swiss Commission for
UNESCO c/o FDFA
CH-3003 Bern
Tel. +41 (0)31 324 10 67
info@worldheritage.ch
www.worldheritage.ch
www.unesco.ch
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Precious heritage
Some things are so valuable that all of humanity should
watch over them: cultural assets and natural properties
of outstanding universal value. UNESCO has the task of
representing these ideals and protecting our shared
heritage – together with us all.
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in
the minds of men that the defences of peace
must be constructed.” Such is the central idea
behind UNESCO, the United Nations Educatio-
nal, Scientific and Cultural Organization, found-
ed in 1945. Its highest goal is the safeguarding
of peace. Among UNESCO’s tasks is the protec-
tion of the World Heritage of humanity – consisting
of Cultural and Natural Heritage properties – and
of the Biosphere Reserves.
stone National Park and the Grand Canyon in
the USA.
Biosphere Reserves – a study in sustainability
Biosphere Reserves are model regions in which
the concept of sustainable development is
central to day-to-day management. Here resi-
dents and the business community collaborate
to ensure that the interests of the environment,
the economy and social solidarity are balanced
and work in harmony. Sustainable development
meets the needs of the present, but also en-
sures that the needs of future generations will
be satisfied. Switzerland is home to two Bio-
sphere Reserves: Val Müstair Parc Naziunal
in canton of Grisons and Entlebuch in canton
Lucerne.
World Heritage – a revolutionary idea
What nature has created over thousands or
millions of years, and what humanity has built
up over the centuries, should be safeguarded.
The protection and preservation of these trea-
sures should be in the care of all of us: this was,
and remains, the central, revolutionary idea of
World Heritage. The rescue of the Abu Simbel
temples in Egypt was the first step towards the
Convention concerning the Protection of the
World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by
UNESCO in 1972. Nearly one thousand properties
have now been inscribed on the World Heritage
list, including 11 in Switzerland. All are of out-
standing universal value – just like the Pyramids
of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia,
the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador and Yellow-
A task for all humanity
We are all called upon to take care of this price-
less heritage, and to ensure that it will be passed
on safely to future generations. UNESCO is there
to help.
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