South Sudan

Simmental Introduction Simmental is a valley in the alpine area of the Bernese Oberland, in the country of Switzerland. It stretches from Lenk to Boltigen, in a basically south-north direction, and from there on to the exit of the valley at Wimmis ...

Maison Tavel Introduction Maison Tavel is the oldest private building in the city of Geneva, and it is a wonderful testimony of the civil architecture of the medieval period. Maison Tavel offers a nice testimony of civil architecture from the med ...

Specializing in the applied arts, as well as in design, decoration and crafts, the Museum Bellerive displays its permanent collection in the form of a continuous programme of temporary exhibitions. The museum’s extensive holdings include furnitur ...

The church of St Mary’s on the Riverbank was once flooded by the waters of an old Danube canal, but today it rises on a steep escarpment, its lofty, 56-m (180-ft) high Gothic steeple dominating the town. The stone helmet at the top of the steeple ...

Lambach, conveniently located on the left bank of the Traun River, grew rich in the Middle Ages thanks to the flourishing salt trade. Around 1040 Count Arnold II Wels-Lambach and his wife Regilinda transformed the family seat into a monastery. Thei ...