Despite being home to 11 World Heritage sites, the Swiss don’t grasp the full extent of this cultural richness and the special conservation efforts needed, warns a Swiss UNESCO official.

Switzerland may be small but it boasts eleven sites on the UNESCO World Heritage list, including the Lavaux vineyard terraces near Lake Geneva, Bern Old Town and St Gallen Abbey. 

“But they are not just a series of eleven museum pieces,” declared Jean-Bernard Münch, president of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO, the Paris-based United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. 

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