Old Bear Pit of Bern

E681446

bear pit tourist attraction

The Old Bear Pit of Bern is a historic enclosure in Switzerland’s capital where the city’s traditional symbol, live bears, were kept for centuries as a tourist attraction and cultural landmark.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Old Bear Pit of Bern canonical	2
Bear Pit of Bern	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bear pit ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
hasAnimal	Eurasian brown bear NERFINISHED ⓘ brown bear ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	longstanding tourist attraction of Bern ⓘ symbolizes the heraldic bear of Bern ⓘ
hasFeature	circular stone enclosure ⓘ moat-like pit for bears ⓘ viewing platforms for visitors ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	landmark welcoming visitors entering Bern from the east ⓘ traditional place where Bern kept its symbolic bears ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage	Bärengraben NERFINISHED ⓘ Bärengraben Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	cultural property of national significance in Switzerland ⓘ
inception	16th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ Old City of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNextTo	Aare River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	eastern edge of Bern’s Old Town ⓘ
maintainedBy	City of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearby	Nydegg Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Nydegg Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	City of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	bear park complex of Bern ⓘ tourist route through Bern’s Old Town ⓘ
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
replacedBy	BärenPark Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	conversion into part of a larger bear park in the 21st century ⓘ
subjectOf	animal welfare debates ⓘ tourist guidebooks about Bern ⓘ
symbolOf	City of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
touristType	urban zoo-like attraction ⓘ
usedFor	keeping live bears ⓘ public entertainment ⓘ tourism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bear Park → replaced → Old Bear Pit of Bern ⓘ

Bear Park → adjacentTo → Old Bear Pit of Bern ⓘ

Nydeggbrücke in Bern → crossesNear → Old Bear Pit of Bern ⓘ

subject surface form: Nydeggbrücke

this entity surface form: Bear Pit of Bern