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A small alpine village at 2,069m (6,784ft) located above the Zermatt Valley in Switzerland. The Matterhorn Mountain is in the background A mountain, 4,481.1 m (14,692 ft) high, in the Pennine Alps on the Italian-Swiss border. It was first scaled in 1865. |
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A country of west-central Europe. It became part of the Holy Roman Empire in the 10th century but by 1499 had achieved independence as a confederation of cantons. Switzerland later adopted a federal constitution (1848). Bern is the capital and Zurich the largest city. Population, 6,455,900. |