Switzerland
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| - | [[Image:Félix Vallotton 001.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''[[Self-Portrait at the Age of Twenty]]'' (1885) by [[Félix Vallotton]]]][[Image:Isle of the Dead.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Isle of the Dead]]'' by Arnold Böcklin: "Basel" version, 1880]] | + | [[Image:Félix Vallotton 001.jpg|thumb|200px|left|[[Félix Vallotton]] was a Swiss painter.]] |
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| "You have no need to have read [[Payne Knight]], or [[Louis Viardot]], or [[John Ruskin]], to be able to understand [[Mont Blanc]]. The [[Grands Mulets]] and the [[Mer de Glace]] would interest the merest [[clodhopper]]. This is the reason why [[Switzerland]] is with [[travellers]] an universal favourite. You can’t wrangle about the conflict of styles in a [[precipice]]; the ''[[odium theologicum]]'' has nothing to lay hold of in an [[avalanche]]."--''[[Rome and Venice: With Other Wanderings in Italy, in 1866-7]]'' (1869) by George Augustus Sala | "You have no need to have read [[Payne Knight]], or [[Louis Viardot]], or [[John Ruskin]], to be able to understand [[Mont Blanc]]. The [[Grands Mulets]] and the [[Mer de Glace]] would interest the merest [[clodhopper]]. This is the reason why [[Switzerland]] is with [[travellers]] an universal favourite. You can’t wrangle about the conflict of styles in a [[precipice]]; the ''[[odium theologicum]]'' has nothing to lay hold of in an [[avalanche]]."--''[[Rome and Venice: With Other Wanderings in Italy, in 1866-7]]'' (1869) by George Augustus Sala | ||
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| + | [[Image:The Devil's Bridge.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[The Devil's Bridge, St. Gotthard]]'' (1803-1804) by J. M. W. Turner]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Isle of the Dead.jpg|thumb|200px|One version of the ''[[Isle of the Dead]]'' by Arnold Böcklin hangs in [[Basel]]]] | ||
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| - | An '''avalanche''' (also called a '''snowslide''' or '''snowslip''') is a rapid flow of [[snow]] down a sloping surface. Avalanches are typically triggered in a starting zone from a mechanical failure in the [[snowpack]] (slab avalanche) when the forces on the snow exceed its strength but sometimes only with gradually widening (loose snow avalanche). After initiation, avalanches usually accelerate rapidly and grow in mass and volume as they [[Entrainment (physical geography)|entrain]] more snow. If the avalanche moves fast enough some of the snow may mix with the air forming a powder snow avalanche, which is a type of [[gravity current]]. | ||
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| '''Switzerland''' is a sovereign country in south central [[Europe]]. It is bordered on the west by [[France]], the east by [[Austria]] and [[Liechtenstein]], the north by [[Germany]], and the south by [[Italy]]. Official languages are [[German]], [[French]], [[Italian]] and [[Ladin|Romansch]]. Official name: Swiss Confederation. | '''Switzerland''' is a sovereign country in south central [[Europe]]. It is bordered on the west by [[France]], the east by [[Austria]] and [[Liechtenstein]], the north by [[Germany]], and the south by [[Italy]]. Official languages are [[German]], [[French]], [[Italian]] and [[Ladin|Romansch]]. Official name: Swiss Confederation. | ||
| The [[Dada]] movement originated in [[Zurich]] during the [[1910s]]. | The [[Dada]] movement originated in [[Zurich]] during the [[1910s]]. | ||
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| + | During the rise of [[fascism]] in the [[1930s]] and [[1940s]] a number of [[Germany|German]], [[Austria]]n and [[Italy|Italian]] writers have sought refuge in Switzerland, such as [[Thomas Mann]] and [[Hermann Hesse]]. | ||
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"You have no need to have read Payne Knight, or Louis Viardot, or John Ruskin, to be able to understand Mont Blanc. The Grands Mulets and the Mer de Glace would interest the merest clodhopper. This is the reason why Switzerland is with travellers an universal favourite. You can’t wrangle about the conflict of styles in a precipice; the odium theologicum has nothing to lay hold of in an avalanche."--Rome and Venice: With Other Wanderings in Italy, in 1866-7 (1869) by George Augustus Sala |
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Switzerland is a sovereign country in south central Europe. It is bordered on the west by France, the east by Austria and Liechtenstein, the north by Germany, and the south by Italy. Official languages are German, French, Italian and Romansch. Official name: Swiss Confederation.
The Dada movement originated in Zurich during the 1910s.
Neutrality
During the rise of fascism in the 1930s and 1940s a number of German, Austrian and Italian writers have sought refuge in Switzerland, such as Thomas Mann and Hermann Hesse.
See also
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