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Saint Bernard, two Alpine passes
(Encyclopedia)Saint Bernard, two Alpine passes, both used since antiquity. The Great Saint Bernard (alt. 8,110 ft/2,472 m), on the Italian-Swiss border, links Valais canton, Switzerland, with Valle d'Aosta, Italy. ...Rhaeto-Romanic
(Encyclopedia)Rhaeto-Romanic rēˈtō-rōmănˈĭk [key], generic name for several related dialects of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The...Einsiedeln
(Encyclopedia)Einsiedeln īnˈzēˌdəln [key], town, Schwyz canton, E central Switzerland. Einsiedeln is the most ...Four Forest Cantons, the
(Encyclopedia)Four Forest Cantons, the, Ger. Die Vier Waldstätten, in central Switzerland, the cantons of Unterwalden, Schwyz, Uri, and Lucerne, the first Swiss communities to win their freedom against the Hapsbur...Léman, Lac
(Encyclopedia)Léman, Lac: see Geneva, Lake, Switzerland. ...Wallensee
(Encyclopedia)Wallensee: see Wallenstadt, Lake of, Switzerland. ...Rhoden, Ausser and Inner
(Encyclopedia)Rhoden, Ausser and Inner: see Appenzell, Switzerland. ...Walensee
(Encyclopedia)Walensee, lake, Switzerland: see Wallenstadt, Lake of. ...Basel-Land
(Encyclopedia)Basel-Land and Basel-Stadt: see Basel, Switzerland. ...Petitot, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Petitot, Jean lwēˈ [key], 1653–c.1730, was in the service of Charles II of England. Specimens of his work are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum. ...Browse by Subject
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