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    celebrate Swiss National Day Lighting candlesticks for Swiss National Day Bonfire in Tenna for Swiss National Day Until 2013, the largest Swiss National Day event...
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    The national flag of Switzerland displays a white cross in the center of a square red field. The white cross is known as the Swiss cross or the federal...
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    The Swiss National Bank (SNB; German: Schweizerische Nationalbank; French: Banque nationale suisse; Italian: Banca nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Banca naziunala...
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    the Swiss cantons in proportion to their population. Both houses meet in the Federal Palace of Switzerland in Bern. With 200 members, the National Council...
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    represents Switzerland in men's international football. The national team is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. Switzerland's best performances...
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    A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the statehood or nationhood of a state or its people. It may be the date of independence, of becoming...
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  • bank holidays. Swiss National Day "Familienurlaub Ratgeber". Interhome.ch. Retrieved 18 August 2014. most stores are closed, despite the day not being a...
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    (Museum of the Swiss Charters of Confederation). Tagsatzung Rütlischwur Swiss National Day Historiography of Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland Visitor Information...
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  • South Africa, the national body for esports in South Africa, uses a Swiss system for all its tournaments.[citation needed] For its Swiss implementations...
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    Šarić, Ljiljana (2012). "Croatia in search of a national day: Front-page presentations of national-day celebrations, 1988–2005". In Šarić, Ljiljana; Gammelgaard...
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    Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France...
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  • 2024 in Switzerland. President of the Swiss Confederation: Viola Amherd President of the National Council: Eric Nussbaumer President of the Swiss Council...
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    Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia which is surrounded by Swiss territory. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) issues banknotes and the federal mint Swissmint...
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    name: Switzerland Official English country name: The Swiss Confederation Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival: Swiss Demonym: Swiss Etymology:...
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    The Liberal Party of Switzerland (German: Liberale Partei der Schweiz) or Swiss Liberal Party (French: Parti libéral suisse; Italian: Partito Liberale...
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    melody of "God Save the King". On 1 April 1981, the Swiss Psalm was declared the official Swiss national anthem. In 2014, the Schweizerische Gemeinnützige...
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    of Tenna preparing firewood Swiss National Day in Tenna Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in...
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    invocation of God in continuance of Swiss constitutional tradition. It is a mandate to the State authorities by the Swiss people and cantons, as the Confederation's...
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    Day "Siblings Day 2023: Quotes, messages, wishes, history and significance". Zeebiz. April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023. "National Sibling Day –...
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    "alternative National Day" Ólavsøka, Faroe Islands (29 July) Swiss National Day (1 August) Victory Day (Turkey) (30 August) Southern Hemisphere Australia Day (26...
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    Mindaugas Swiss National Day: alliance of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden against the Holy Roman Empire and the foundation of the Swiss state, 1291 National day Cindy...
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    Statehood Day (Colorado) Swiss National Day (Switzerland) Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) World Scout Scarf Day Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire, England) August...
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  • federal administration of Switzerland. Article 54 of the Swiss Constitution of 1999 declares the safeguarding of Switzerland's independence and welfare...
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    Rütli (category Geography of Switzerland)
    the Swiss canton of Uri. It is the site of the Rütlischwur in traditional Swiss historiography, the oath marking the foundation of the original Swiss Confederacy...
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    the day Rose Day, though it was later named Flower Sunday, and then named Children's Day. Children's Day was first officially declared a national holiday...
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    Dufourspitze (category Highest points of Swiss cantons)
    the Swiss maps before the Federal Council, on January 28, 1863, decided to rename the mountain in honor of Guillaume-Henri Dufour. Dufour was a Swiss engineer...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Politics of Switzerland. Swiss government site (in English) Swiss parliament site (in English) Chief of State and...
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    The Pontifical Swiss Guard, also known as the Papal Swiss Guard or simply Swiss Guard, is an armed force and honour guard unit maintained by the Holy See...
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    Ticino. Languages of Switzerland Italian immigration to Switzerland Italy–Switzerland relations Swiss French Swiss German Swiss Standard German Ticinese...
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  • Workers' Day 29 May - Ascension Day 9 June - Whit Monday 19 June - Corpus Christi 29 June - Saints Peter and Paul 1 August - Swiss National Day 15 August...
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