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UNESCO World Heritage Site

La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning

Twin towns rebuilt after fires on a planned grid designed around the needs of the watchmaking industry.

Type
Cultural
Inscribed
2009
Canton
Neuchâtel
Criteria
Iv
Nearest town
La Chaux-de-Fonds

Source: whc.unesco.org

47.0985° N 6.8243° E · NeuchâtelRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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Momox de Morteau · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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I can tell you which weeks suit it, which base to stay in and how it fits into a route with the rest of your journey. Tell me when you are coming, and I will build the days around it.

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Nearby

  1. Musée international d'horlogerieLa Chaux-de-FondsMuseum
  2. Neuchâtel CastleNeuchâtelCastle
  3. Château de ChenauxEstavayer-le-LacCastle
  4. Grandson CastleGrandsonCastle
  5. Yverdon CastleYverdon-les-BainsCastle
  6. Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Swiss components)naturalUNESCO World Heritage Site

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Tell me when you are coming and I will build the days around it — the right base, the right train, the right table — and say plainly if another season would serve it better.

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