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1757 Bern Switzerland

Drawing: Bern around 1757 Switzerland

Drawing: Bern around 1757 Switzerland

From Wikipedia: bern - Duke Berchtold V of Zähringen founded the city on the River Aare in 1191 and allegedly named it after a bear (Bär in German) he had killed.

 

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