The Dassault Mirage III is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation. It was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in horizontal flight.
In 1961, Switzerland purchased a single Mirage IIIC from France for use as a development aircraft to support the …
MoreThe Panzer 61 was a Swiss Cold War era medium tank later reclassified as a second-generation main battle tank. The tank had a weight of 36.5 tons and was powered by a 630 HP diesel engine, which gave it a top road speed of 50 km/h. The primary armament of the Panzer 61 was a …
MoreContradictory and multifaceted, Geneva is like a separate continent, not at all like other Swiss cities. It has attracted global talents with its unique atmosphere for decades.
The city is more than 2,000 years old, and during this time it managed to be the Holy Roman Empire land, was part of France, and it was finally …
MoreZurich (German: Zürich; Swiss. Züri) is the largest city in Switzerland in the country north-east, the capital of the German-speaking canton of Zurich, and the administrative center of the eponymous district. In regards to global cities, Zurich took second place in the world in quality of life in 2011, and it was recognized as the …
MoreThe country’s capital – Bern (Berne, Berna) lies in the central Switzerland western part and at the same time is the capital of the canton of the same name.
Bern is a tiny city despite its capital status (only 130 thousand inhabitants, together with its suburbs – about 300 thousand, so it is one of the …
MoreLucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of the same name. With a population of about 81,057 people, Lucerne is the most populous town in Central Switzerland, and a nexus of economics, transportation, culture, and media of this region.
Owing to its location on the shores of Lake Lucerne …
MoreAare Gorge is located in Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps, in the Hasli Valley, which stretches from the Grimsel Pass to Lake Brientz. The gorge is located between Innertkirchen and Meiringen towns. This area rocks consist of very hard limestone formed in the Cretaceous period, 130 – 160 million years ago. Melted glacial water honed …
MoreReichenbach cascade waterfall is the Alpine landmark, made history by Arthur Conan Doyle and his legendary hero – Sherlock Holmes. It is in this place of the Bernese Oberland that the talented detective and evil professor Moriarty break off in the “Holmes’s Last Affair” work. The story goes that Conan Doyle was so impressed with …
MoreSpanish assets in Andorran financial institutions under management are about 4 billion euros, what is about 5 times less, than in Switzerland. It was declared by the director of the State agency on tax administration (L’Agència Estatal de l’Administració Tributària) Santiago Menendes. According to him, a half of the Spanish assets in Andorra, that is …
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