Switzerland Photography - M1key - Michal Huniewicz

Switzerland by Michal Huniewicz

Do you remember that old quote by Orson Welles I wrote about in my Beirut gallery? "You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." Let's see how that brotherly love really looks like.

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Uploaded on: 2019-12-08.

Switzerland

Welcome to Switzerland

Welcome to Switzerland
Welcome to the Swiss Confederation, the federal republic consisting of 26 cantons. [1]
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Zürich

Zürich
We're in Zürich first. Founded by Romans, this is now the largest city in Switzerland. [1]
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Chairs

Chairs
Zürich is in the east of the country, and people speak German here. In Geneva, to the west, they speak French.
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Limmat

Limmat
The two other languages officially used are Italian and Romansh.
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Pizza

Pizza
Romansh is one of the descendant languages of the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, which by the 5th century AD replaced the Celtic and Raetic languages previously spoken in the area. [3]
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Bible

Bible
Although the majority of the population are German-speaking, Swiss national identity is rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy, and Alpine symbolism. [1]
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Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein
While Switzerland is landlocked, Liechtenstein is double landlocked. [4]
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Dzinman

Dzinman
Liechtenstein is the last remnant of the Holy Roman Empire! The principality is a semi-constitutional monarchy headed by the Prince of Liechtenstein. [4]
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Valley

Valley
The country is so small you kind of drive through it, and you are done.
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Burg Gutenberg

Burg Gutenberg
Unlike Vaduz Castle in Vaduz, Gutenberg Castle does not serve as a residence of the princely family of Liechtenstein and is open to the general public as a museum. It was shut when we visited. [5]
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Medieval

Medieval
Supposedly, the first written record of the castle's name comes from 1296. [5]
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Castle Gutenberg

Castle Gutenberg
The Pfarrkirche Balzers is located in front of the castle.
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Cemetery

Cemetery
Nicely ordered cemetery by the church.
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Tractor

Tractor
And we're leaving Liechtenstein.
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Kapellbrücke

Kapellbrücke
In the city of Lucerne, the Kapellbrücke is a covered bridge spanning the river diagonally.
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Aka Chapel Bridge

Aka Chapel Bridge
Some parts of the bridge date to the 17th century, but much of it burnt in 1993. [6]
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On the Train

On the Train
We drove further east to the Alpine region known as Interlaken.
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Going Up

Going Up
Interlaken (meaning between the lakes) is famous for its vintage trains. They're not cheap! But then nothing is Switzerland is.
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Schynige Platte

Schynige Platte
Schynige Platte offers a bunch of scenic hikes.
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Bells

Bells
A bell from the Prince of Japan.
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Tracks

Tracks
Another hike we did.
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Hut

Hut
Hut
A hut found alongside the hut.
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In the Woods

In the Woods
The lighting conditions really tested my little Fujifilm camera.
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Roots

Roots
Path going higher up still.
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In the Shadow of the Alps

In the Shadow of the Alps
As our side of the mountain plunged into the shadows with the sun going down, the other part acquired an almost Tuscan look.
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Clock

Clock
A clocktower.
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Eiger

Eiger
One of my dreams was to visited the Eiger, the north face of which had acquired a sinister reputation being difficult to climb and overall deadly. There's even a place here called the Death Bivouac. On this mountain died Toni Kurz with his companions.
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Sunset

Sunset
Elsewhere, my drone took off to capture the sunset with whatever its sensor allowed it to do.
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Interlaken

Interlaken
A town somewhere in Interlaken.
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Chillon Castle

Chillon Castle
When we drove towards the French part of the country, towards lake Geneva, everything became cheaper and dirtier.
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In the Depths

In the Depths
The beautiful and compact Château de Chillon began as a Roman outpost, guarding the strategic road through the Alpine passes. Chillon is the setting of Lord Byron's poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about François de Bonivard. [7]
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Vinyards

Vinyards
We bought a wine here, a white wine that we drank yesterday called Chasselas de Genève.
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Lake Geneva

Lake Geneva
In the late 1960s, pollution made it dangerous to swim at some beaches of Lake Geneva; indeed, visibility under water was near zero. Most of the fish died. It has dramatically improved now. [8]
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Ice Age

Ice Age
And finally, a curious find in the ice...
By the way, regarding the brotherly love, look up Swiss pikemen.
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