Solothurn


 
 

The city of Solothurn is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

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The city calls itself Switzerland's largest Baroque City.

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The old town was built between 1530 and 1792 and shows an architectural combination of Italian Grandezza, French style and Swiss ideas. In 2003, it had a population of 15,300.

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Capital: :This article concerns places that serve as centers of government and politics. For alternative meanings see capital (disambiguation)...

Canton of Solothurn: Solothurn is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn....

Switzerland: The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica) is a landlocked federal republic in Europe, bordering Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, and is hom...

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