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List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Bern

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Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ679844 ↗
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List of the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance in the Canton of Bern, including in the city of Bern.

The cultural property 2009 class A listings are sorted by municipality and contains 345 individual buildings, 43 collections, 30 archaeological sites, and 4 other special sites or objects.

Lists

Due to the number of cultural properties of national significance in the canton of Bern, and the city of Bern, the listings have been divided alphabetically into 2 lists.

List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Bern A-M

List of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Bern N-Z

See also

Cultural properties of national significance in the Canton of Bern topics

History of Bern

References

All entries, addresses, and coordinates are from: "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.

External links

Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance (KGS 2009 edition) links:

—(in German)

KGS Class B objects—(in German)

KGS Geographic Information System−GIS[link removed]

"Revision of the PCP Inventory (Revision des KGS-Inventars)".

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