Old Town of Bern

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic city center medieval town

The Old Town of Bern is a well-preserved medieval city center and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Switzerland, known for its arcaded streets, sandstone buildings, and historic landmarks along a loop of the Aare River.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Old City of Bern 14
Old Town of Bern canonical 2
UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Bern 2

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic city center ⓘ
medieval town ⓘ
contains Anna-Seiler-Brunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bern Minster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bundesplatz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bärenplatz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Einstein House NERFINISHED ⓘ
Federal Palace of Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kindlifresserbrunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kornhausbrücke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kramgasse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Käfigturm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marktgasse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mosesbrunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Münsterplattform NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nydegg Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nydegg Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simsonbrunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vennerbrunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zytglogge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zähringerbrunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
dominantBuildingMaterial sandstone ⓘ
foundedBy Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedIn 12th century ⓘ
governingBody City of Bern authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic arcaded streets ⓘ
fountains with allegorical figures ⓘ
loop of the Aare River ⓘ
narrow streets ⓘ
red-tiled roofs ⓘ
sandstone buildings ⓘ
uniform urban ensemble ⓘ
hasStreetLayout medieval street plan ⓘ
hasUrbanFeature cellar vaults used as shops and restaurants ⓘ
long arcaded shopping streets ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1983 ⓘ
locatedIn Switzerland ⓘ
canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
city of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Aare River NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguageRegion German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
partOf municipality of Bern ⓘ
rebuiltAfter 1405 fire of Bern ⓘ
recognizedFor continuity of use as a living city center ⓘ
exceptional preservation of medieval urban structure ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOSubcategory urban ensemble ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 267 ⓘ
urbanFabric late medieval ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Bear Park → hasViewOf → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
Albert Einstein House, Bern → locatedIn → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Albert Einstein House, Bern → partOf → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Bern
Kornhausbrücke in Bern → connects → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
subject surface form: Kornhausbrücke (Bern)
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Nydeggbrücke in Bern → connects → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
subject surface form: Nydeggbrücke
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Nydeggbrücke in Bern → namedAfter → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
subject surface form: Nydeggbrücke
this entity surface form: Nydegg quarter of Bern
Nydeggbrücke in Bern → isPartOf → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
subject surface form: Nydeggbrücke
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Bern
Nydeggbrücke in Bern → hasViewOf → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
subject surface form: Nydeggbrücke
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Palais fédéral → locatedIn → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Bundeshaus → locatedIn → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Chasa federala → locatedIn → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Bear Pit → locatedIn → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
subject surface form: Bear Pit (Bern)
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Bear Pit → hasViewOf → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
subject surface form: Bear Pit (Bern)
Bern Historical Museum → nearby → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Kunstmuseum Bern → locatedIn → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Natural History Museum of Bern → locatedIn → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Nydegg Bridge → connects → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Nydegg Bridge → partOf → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern UNESCO World Heritage Site
Nydegg Bridge → hasLocale → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern
Kornhausbrücke → connects → Old Town of Bern ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Bern