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Europe’s Oldest Wooden House Still Thriving
By Linda Tancs
In the small town of Schwyz in central Switzerland stands a sturdy wooden house as old as Notre Dame in Paris. Known as Bethlehem House, it is Europe’s oldest wooden house, a museum whose last occupants left only 30 or so years ago. Circa 1287, the modest dwelling pre-dates the founding of the country by four years. In fact, Switzerland owes its name and coat of arms to this rural town between the Alps in the south and Lake Lucerne in the east. Its Museum of the Swiss Charters recounts the alliance of the cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, whose inhabitants ultimately drove out the Austrians in 1315 by winning the Battle of Morgarten.
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