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The Best Attractions In Canton of Fribourg

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The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Friburg is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by two thirds of the citizens and German by about one third. Both are official languages in the canton, but it is generally considered part of the French-speaking region of Romandy. The canton takes its name from its capital city of Fribourg.
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  • 1. Castle of Gruyeres Gruyeres
    The Castle of Gruyères , located in the medieval town of Gruyères, Fribourg, is one of the most famous in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
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  • 2. Medieval City Walls Murten
    Despite the rise of knightly cavalry in the 11th century, infantry played an important role throughout the Middle Ages on both the battlefield and in sieges. From the 14th century onwards, there was a rise in the prominence of infantry forces, sometimes referred to as an infantry revolution.
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  • 5. HR Giger Museum Gruyeres
    Hans Ruedi Giger was a Swiss painter, best known for airbrush images of humans and machines linked together in a cold biomechanical relationship. Later he abandoned airbrush work for pastels, markers, and ink. He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for design work on the film Alien. In Switzerland there are two theme bars that reflect his interior designs, and his work is on permanent display at the H.R. Giger Museum at Gruyères. His style has been adapted to many forms of media, including record album covers, furniture, and tattoos.
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  • 7. Le Moleson Moleson
    The Moléson is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking the region of Gruyères in the canton of Fribourg. It lies at the northern end of the chain between Lake Geneva and the valley of the Sarine. The summit of the mountain can be easily reached, a cable car station being located near the summit at 1,982 metres as well as a meteorological station. From the village of Moléson-sur-Gruyères a funicular leads to Plan Francey , from where the cable car starts.
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  • 11. Schwarzsee Fribourg
    Schwarzsee or Lac Noir , , is a small lake in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland with an area of 0.47 km2 . The lake in the Swiss Prealps is bordered by the peaks of Schwyberg in the West, Les Reccardets and Spitzfluh in the South, as well as Kaiseregg .
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  • 14. Bern Bridge Fribourg
    The canton of Bern or Berne is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the canton of Jura and the canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the canton of Neuchâtel, the canton of Fribourg and canton of Vaud. To the south lies the canton of Valais. East of the canton of Bern lie the cantons of Uri, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Lucerne and Aargau. The canton of Bern is bilingual and has a population of 1,031,126. As of 2007, the population included 119,930 foreigners. The cantonal capital, also the federal city of Switzerland, is Bern.
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