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The ground floor of the town hall is a single, large room, measuring about 22 m × 22 m (72 ft × 72 ft) and 5.5 m (18 ft) high. Originally built as a market hall and a court room the hall was a center of Bernese city life. The 1940–42 renovation returned it to the original medieval appearance.
Zibelemärit in Bern. The Zibelemärit (Bernese German dialect; English: Onion market) is an annual market with aspects of a fair in the old town of Bern, Switzerland. It takes place the fourth Monday in November.
Typical food from Ticino can be found in a Grotto, the local type of restaurant. [28] Chestnut is also a historical staple food of southern Switzerland. The chestnut tree, introduced there 2,000 years ago, was referred to as the "bread tree". [29] Another specific product of Ticino is olive oil; olive cultivation was revived in the late 20th ...
A shopping centre on the city's periphery contributes to the disintegration of the city centre and leads to a “loss of values,” he says. [3] Defenders of Westside, such as Swiss architect Barbara Holzer, argue that Bern's urban centre is not under threat and that the shopping centre instead offers “new urban spaces.”
The plaza was the site of the cabbage market in Bern. [1] In June 1857, the SCB (German: Schweizerische Centralbahn, or Swiss Central Train Line) completed a line between Basel and Bern. Then, two years later the Bern-Thun line opened and on 2 July 1860 another line reached Thörishaus, now part of Köniz. [2]
Swiss Heritage Village & Museum – begun in 1985, it is currently the largest outdoor museum in northern Indiana. It is located in Berne, Indiana. [19] Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association – consists of descendants of the Mennonites who immigrated to the U.S. from Ukraine in the 1870s. [20]
The Viertel and Quartiere of the old city. (click to enlarge) The Mattequartier is a historic section in the Old City of Bern in Bern, Switzerland. The first expansion of Bern occurred as the city was founded in 1191. The central and oldest neighbourhood was known as the Zähringerstadt (Zähringer town) after the founder, Duke Berthold V of ...
The former city council hall for the outer city (German: Ehemaliges Rathaus des Äusseren Standes) at Zeughausgasse 17 is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Two other sites, the former Kornhaus (a type of granary) which is now a museum and the city theatre ( German : Stadttheater ), are at the end of Zeughausgasse but with a ...