DAY 15 / SATURDAY / JUNE 30
LIECHTENSTEIN & ZURICH
OVERNIGHT IN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Signs on the immaculately clean pedestrian street in the center of Vaduz
promote an exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, home of a renowned collection of modern and contemporary art.
İPhoto by Michael Reed ~ Creative World Travel
There are 11 villages in the
Principality of Liechtenstein. Vaduz is the seat of government
and parliament, with a population of 5,097.
Vaduz Castle, towering on a rock formation above the capital, is the residence of the
reigning Prince of Liechtenstein.
When Prince Johann Adam I of Liechtenstein purchased the County of Vaduz he became the
fifth owner of Vaduz Castle, which was originally built during the 14th century.
As the Princely family at that time was based in Vienna, the castle was used over the years
as barracks, a prison, restaurant and as the seat of administration. During the period 1904
to 1914, the then Reigning Prince John II renovated the castle.
Reigning Prince Franz-Josef II was the first prince to take permanent residence during 1938
in Liechtenstein, when Austria had been annexed by the Nazis.
It is not necessary to visit a museum to enjoy art in Vaduz.
World-class sculptures, such as Laying Woman (Ruhende Frau) by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, adorn the main pedestrian street.
İPhoto by Michael Reed ~ Creative World Travel
Heidiland
The Swiss Tourism Board recently declared that the Rhine Valley in the Eastern Canton of
Graubunden should be known as
Heidiland.
The Swiss author
Johanna Spyri spent several summers in the area near the village of
Maienfeld, which was later to provide the geographic
setting for her world-famous novel, Heidi .
Heidi has been translated into about 50 languages and printed in an
equivalent number of millions of copies. The story of the loveable, humorous,
and completely natural Heidi has appeared in print, in film, and
on television all over the world. She has maintained her character despite
the changing tides of literary trends.
The spectacular mountain scenery around Maienfeld which attracted the Swiss author has also
remained unspoiled.
Zürich, the largest city in Switzerland, with a population of almost 400,000 and over
1 million in the urban area. The city is the capital of the canton of Zürich and is
Switzerland's main commercial and cultural center.
You will have time to explore the Old Town with its quaint streets and buildings.
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