Le château de Grandson
Grandson
Bâtiment des Forces Motrices
Genève
Historical Architecture in Switzerland
All epochs of historical architecture in Europe are represented in Switzerland. Some examples:
- Ruins from the Age of Romans at Aventicum, Augusta Raurica (Kaiseraugst/Augst), Martigny, Vindonissa (Windisch), and many other places in Switzerland.
- www.swisscastles.ch presents more than 500 Swiss castles.
- Late medieval covered wooden bridges can be found all around Switzerland, the most famous in Lucerne: Chapel Bridge & Water Tower and Spreuer Bridge.
- Numerous old wooden farmhouses can be found all over the country. At least 20 different regional styles can be distinguished. Almost 100 original century-old buildings from all over Switzerland have been moved and reconstructed in original size at Ballenberg, an open air museum in the Bernese Oberland region.
- Lucerne's Jesuit Church, built between 1667 and 1677 is the first large baroque church in Switzerland and was followed by many others.
- Art nouveau churches by Swiss architect Karl Moser can be found in Basel (blends Neo-Romanic and Art Nouveau styles) and in Lucerne (1912) (blends Neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau styles)
- Swiss architect Karl Moser also designed St. Antony's Church in Basel, Switzerland's first roughcast concrete church in 1926/27
http://travelguide.all-about-switzerland.info/outstanding-swiss-architecture.html#HistoricalSwissArchitecture