Location: Europe
Capital: Bern (125.000 inhab.)
Main Cities: Zürich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne, Friburgo, Lucerna, San Gallo, Lugano
Population: 7,164,000
Area: 41,284 km2
Coin: 1 Swiss franc = 100 centimes
Languages: French, German, Italian, Romansh
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant
Mountains: Alpi (Mt.Rosa 4637 m., Mt.Cervino 4478 m., Piz.Bernina 4050 m., Mt.Rheinwaldhorn 3402 m.), Alpi Bernesi (Mt.Jungfrau 4158 m., Mt.Finster-Aarhorn 4274 m.), Giura
Rivers: Rhine, Rhône, Inn, Ticino, Aar
Lakes: Geneva, Konstanz, Neuchatel, Zürich, Zug, Four Cantons, Brienz, Thun, Biel

The Swiss Confederation is formed from 23 cantons, of which 3 are divided in half-cantons; also of very different dimensions among them, where 4 official languages (German, French, Italian and Romansh) are spoken and where different religions are professed.
There is a cohabitation without any problem and a national strong compactness.
The nation is little, alpine, uniformly inhabited, very good.
It is rich of mountains, of very beautiful lakes, of well cultivated valleys, of very pleasant historical towns.
You can think to the splendid Berne, Freiburg, Lucerne, Zug, Schaffhausen, Schwyz . But the most eye-catcher things of the Switzerland are the roads and the railways risky. They rise everywhere, with breathtaking elbows and striking declines. They reach the top where the glance sweeps over mountains, glaciers, lakes, vallyes of an infinite sweetness and a monumental beauty.

June '08	September '10
La marea arancione	Dal San Gottardo all'Oberland bernese

 

Photographies to greater solution can be found to the page The Old Europe Gallery