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Category: Culture

Myths — the Swiss Lake Dwellers
02/17/2008
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| Contributing Writers, English, Hayward Beywood

When I was at school we were taught that early civilizations in Switzerland had built villages on raised wooden platforms standing in shallow water on the lake shores. When I came to live in Switzerland I learned that this was untrue. What a pity ! Where did this rather attractive and romantic idea come from and why did it turn out to be false ? The winter of 1853/1854 was exceptionally dry and the level of some Swiss lakes fell well…

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Geneva, 1536
02/17/2008
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| English, Hayward Beywood

There is an invisible line running North-South across Switzerland. Up until 1536, this was the firm frontier between two completely different cultures. To the east lay the German-speaking Swiss cantons, to the west the French-speaking territory of the Duke of Savoy. In the middle of the Duke’s territory could be found the city of Geneva. In Mediaeval times, there was a continuous dispute as to who should govern the city of Geneva –– was it the Bishop of Geneva,…

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