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Switzerland ratified the World Heritage Convention on 17 September, 1975. As of August 2010, it has ten World Heritage Sites, of which seven are in the cultural category and three in the natural category. Switzerland also has another three sites on the World Heritage Tentative List.

World Heritage Sites in Switzerland

Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
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  1. Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
  2. Convent of St Gall
  3. Old City of Berne
  4. Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona
  5. Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
  6. Monte San Giorgio
  7. Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
  8. Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
  9. Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
  10. La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, watchmaking town planning
  11. Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (2011, join inscription for Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia)

Sites in Switzerland on the World Heritage Tentative List

  1. Glarner Hauptüberschiebung (Chevauchement principal de Glaris) (2002)
  2. Œuvre urbaine et architecturale de Le Corbusier (2004)
  3. Les vestiges d'habitats préhistoriques dans les lacs et les marais : Les lacustres (2004)

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This website celebrating the World Heritage Sites is a hobby website that is not in any way connected to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and is not associated in any way with it. Any mention of UNESCO on this website is intended to describe the inscription and recognition of the World Heritage Sites by the institution, and does not in any way imply that UNESCO endorse the description and information provided.