Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen is a city in northern Switzerland; it has an estimated population of 33,700 in 2003.

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Switzerland - 2003

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The old portion of the city has many fine Renaissance era buildings decorated with exterior frescos and sculpture, as well as the impressive old canton fortress, the Munot. A train runs out of town to the nearby Rhine Falls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Europe's largest waterfall, a tourist attraction. Schaffhausen is the capital of the Swiss of Canton of Schaffhausen.

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Renaissance - Fresco - Sculpture - Rhine Falls - Neuhausen am Rheinfall - Europe - Canton of Schaffhausen

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