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Schaffhausen, Switzerland - April 12, 2016 : Stein Am Rhein is the ancient city in medieval age. The unique architecture and exterior wall painting are attractiveness for tourist to visit.

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Overview

Northeastern Switzerland is the place to tiptoe off the map and back to nature for a few days. Country lanes unravel like spools of thread, weaving through Appenzell’s patchwork meadows, past the steel-blue waters of Walensee and south to remote hamlets engulfed by the glacier-licked peaks of the Glarus Alps. This region calls for slow touring, whether you’re cycling through cornfields and apple orchards on a cloudless summer’s day or walking through Klettgau’s gold-tinged vineyards in the diffused light of autumn.

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  • SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 01: Library of the monastery St. Gallen, Switzerland. 2000 hand writings, 1635 incunable and almost 100.000 books. The library was built between 1758 and 1767 und richly decorated. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [St. Gallen, Schweiz: Ehemaliges Benediktiner-Kloster. Stiftsbibliothek mit 2000 Handschriften, 1635 Wiegen- und Fruehdrucken (Inkunabeln) und schliesslich 100.000 Buechern, 1758-1767 erbaut und kunstvoll ausgestattet. Stift St. Gallen: 612 Zelle des hl. Gallus, eines Gefaehrten Columbans, 719 wird durch den hl. Otmar das Kloster errichtet, das 747 die Regel Benedikts annimmt, 1805 saekularisiert.] 56463766 Abbeys, Architecture, Books, Interiors, Libraries, Photo tgg06/01

    Stiftsbibliothek

    Northeastern Switzerland

    If the greatest masterpieces on earth are wrought for the glory of God, St Gallen’s Stiftsbibliothek (Abbey Library), is like a living prayer. Religious…

  • Kloster Allerheiligen, a former Benedictine monastery in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

    Allerheiligen Münster

    Northeastern Switzerland

    Completed in 1103, Schaffhausen’s cathedral is a rare, largely intact specimen of the Romanesque style in Switzerland. It opens to a beautifully simple…

  • The Munot medieval circular fortification in the center of Schaffhausen on the High Rhine in Switzerland.

    Munot

    Northeastern Switzerland

    Steps lead up through terraced vineyards to this fine specimen of a 16th-century fortress. The unusual circular battlements were built with forced labour…

  • Rhine Falls with Laufen Castle in Neuhausen am Rheinfall.

    Rheinfall

    Northeastern Switzerland

    Ensnared in wispy spray, the thunderous Rheinfall might not give Niagara much competition in height (23m), width (150m) or even flow of water (700 cu…

  • Vorstadt street in Schaffhausen.

    Vorstadt

    Northeastern Switzerland

    Schaffhausen is often nicknamed the Erkerstadt because of its 171 Erker (oriel bay windows), once a status symbol of rich merchants. Some of the most…

  • The ornate decorations of the St. Gallen Cathedral Interior.

    Dom

    Northeastern Switzerland

    St Gallen's twin-towered, mid-18th-century cathedral is only slightly less ornate than the world-famous Stiftsbibliothek library nearby. The cathedral…

  • Winter in the Swiss Alps, Flumserberg, St.Gallen, Switzerland

    Flumserberg

    Northeastern Switzerland

    For a little Alpine fun, take the winding mountain road to Flumserberg, perched high above the lake and facing the impenetrable rock wall of the…

  • Swiss tectonic arena Sardona with Glarus Thrust in Switzerland.

    Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona

    Northeastern Switzerland

    Centred on the peak of Piz Sardona, this nature reserve has held Unesco World Natural Heritage status since 2008. A geologist's dream come true, it's one…

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