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Tower of Bern cathedral lit up by floodlights

Cathedral, Bern

Begun in 1421 and worked on thereafter by generations of architects, this late-Gothic masterpiece was only completed in 1893. The portal features a splendid representation of the Last Judgement. A flight of 344 leads up to the spire.

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