Architectural Lantern Slides of Switzerland
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Lantern slides created in Switzerland during the late 19th or early 20th century. Image subjects include castles, churches, cathedrals, and public buildings. These lantern slides were intended for use in architectural pedagogy. Some images include people and fashions of the time.
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Basel Cathedral: Exterior view of church showing cloister attaching to the church

Basel Cathedral: Interior view of nave looking towards choir, pulpit on the right

Basel Cathedral: Interior, aisle framing windows with Gothic tracery

Basel Cathedral: Interior, detail of baptismal font with conical lid

Basel Cathedral: Interior, looking into cloister

Basel Cathedral: Overall side view, showing colorful roof tiles

Basel Cathedral: Overall view, the Romanesque St Gallen portal

Bern Minster: Distant context view of the minster and terrace

Bern Minster: Exterior view of lower half of main facade with Last Judgment portal

Bern Minster: Interior view looking back at organ loft above main entrance

Bern Minster: Interior, view towards altar and apse

Canton School of St. Gallen: Raking view of facade facing Eingang Kantipark

Cathedral Interior, likely Basel Minster, Basel, Switzerland

Cathedral of Notre Dame of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Chapel Bridge: Aerial view including the Wasserturm

Chapel Bridge: Detail, entrance to the bridge

Chapel Bridge: View including the Wasserturm

Chillon Castle: Interior passage showing medieval vaulting

Chillon Castle: Overall view of castle from Lake Léman

Church of Notre Dame, Fribourg: Side elevation from Place Notre-Dame with monument to Père Grégoire Girard

Church of Saint Francis: Overall view, from the Place Saint-François

Church of the Holy Ghost, Berne: Overall three quarter view, with main facade

Château-fort de St Maire: Overall view of the fortified tower

Châtelard Castle: Overall view, from vineyards at the top of the plateau

City Hall and Baudet Tower: Detail, entrance ramp and adjoined Tour Baudet

City Hall, Berne: Raking view

City Hall, Fribourg: View of central square including the St. George fountain

City Hall, Zurich: Overall view, seen from the Limmat river

City Hall: Overall view, quai side, seen across the Reuss river

City Hall: Overall view, quai side, seen across the Reuss river, the top of the Rathausturm visible