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Identifier: switzerlandtoget00karluoft (find matches)
Title: Switzerland, together with Chamonix and the Italian lakes : handbook for travellers
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Subjects: Switzerland -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Leipzig, K. Baedeker New York, C. Scribner's sons 597 Fifth Ave.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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the month (2.30-4 ir 5 j).m.; 50 c);other ^irodurts of the watch niakiiip iraft. — On the staircase are bronzebusts of the NeuchAtel painters Max. ilr Meuroii (1785-188), Uon Herthoiid(1822 92), and Albert de Mruron (1823-97). Three allegorical wall-paintingsby Pdul Hobert, representing the intt-llei-tual, rural, and industrial life ofthe canton (explanatory description for the use of visitors). The PicTlUK lAi.i.EBT, in nine rooms, on the first floor, is chieflyfonctrned with the works of Nnichat*! artists. Horn 1: Landscapes byCh.K. Ihihnis (l$41-fib\ At. Cyilnmr 1810-r,4 , Aup. II. Jterthoud (1829 87);other workn by Alfr. H. Herlhi>ud 11848-19or,. — Room V: Drawings byJ^O)tolil lii.brrt I7m-1836). - Room VI: Landscapes by Oorot (1796-1875). —Room VII: Paintings uf Italian life (once famous) by I^njtnld Robert.—Room VIII: L.indscapis by M. and A. dr Menron and L4on Berthoud(18IS-es). —Boom IX: Paintings by E. de Fury. Panorama. NEUCHATEL. TV. Route 68. 235 Sh...
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23C TV. Route 68. NEUCHATEL. Collegiate Church. Behind the mii8eum, ou the E. side, is a burial of the lake-dwellingperiod, from Auvemier (p. 289). The Colleffe Lafin (grammar school; PI. C, 4) contains a goodnatural history collection (adni., see p. 234) and the municipallibrary (ir)0,000 vols.). The Place Purry (PI. B, 4) contains a bronzestatue by David dAngers (1855) of David de Purry, a merchantof Neuchatel, who died at Lisbon in 1789, leaving a fortune to hisnative town. The Rue du Scyon, which ascinrls hence to the N.,occupies the original bed of the Seyon torrent (p. 237). Hide-streetslead on the left (o the Halles (market; PI. B, 3), a picturesque Be-naissance building (lo7<t), and on the left to the Hotel de Ville(PLC.3), built in 1784-00 at the expense of David de Purry. Amongthe old Fountains in this part of the town are the Standard BearerFountain at the Croix du March^, the Justice Fountain in the Ruede rHopital, and the Griffin Fountain in the Rne du Chateau. —Oppo

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  • bookyear:1922
  • bookdecade:1920
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Karl_Baedeker__Firm_
  • booksubject:Switzerland____Guidebooks
  • bookpublisher:Leipzig__K__Baedeker
  • bookpublisher:_New_York__C__Scribner_s_sons
  • bookpublisher:_597_Fifth_Ave_
  • bookcontributor:Robarts___University_of_Toronto
  • booksponsor:MSN
  • bookleafnumber:335
  • bookcollection:robarts
  • bookcollection:toronto
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