Series: |
Das Schweizerische Schulwandbilder Werk |
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Timeframe: |
Langes 19. Jahrhundert |
Scene of action: |
Berne |
Illustrator: |
Weiskönig, W. |
Publisher: |
Ernst Ingold & Co., Herzogenbuchsee |
Year of publication: |
1947 |
Themes: |
The picture shows the ceremony of the federal Constitution of Switzerland, which was adapted on 12th of September 1848 by the federal assembly. With this Constitution the federal state of Switzerland was founded. The army holds a parade with drums and flags in front of the government building and the parliament in Berne. Above the people you can see the flags of all the cantons of Switzerland. The tricolor of the Helvetic Republic and the Swiss flag are hanging from the facade.