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 About St.Gallen

 
  St. Gallen is a compact metropola on the eastern Switzerland, located between Lake Constance and Appenzellerland. The city has a charming and beautiful old town that includes free traffic. St.Gallen feautures one magnificent attraction that is already included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, this is the  Abbey Library. The city was founded in 612 AD, by a Irish monk , Gallus, that has developed and evolved into a significant cultural center , being the seventh biggest cities in the country. Walking around the old town you will get to see medieval and attractive buildings decorated with colourful murals, including carved balconies and relief statues. You can also visit the twin towers of the cathedral which are really impressive, boating amazing ceiling frescoes, stucco establishments, which are designed by the Gigi brothers.
 

Beautiful attractions in St Gallen

 
  The most fabulous landmark in the city is the Baroque Cathedral with its majestic Abbey Library. The library houses over 140,000 important documents, some of them are written by hand, having over one thousands years. The library has in its patrimony the Switzerland’s most exclusive Rococo Hall. St Gallen is a university town, based on the economic sciences, being the home town for the “Mummenschanz”theatre group. During the summer time, the incredible art-nouveau Dreiliden-Weiher, an open air pool, opens stunning views, over the town, this way attracting many visitors who love to swim. The city has an excellent location, between four country corner, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and the Principality of Liechtestein, making St.Gallen the great point to start the exciting excursions in the Appenzellerland or to Lake Constance.
 

Unforgettable landscapes in St.Gallen

 
 The town is a pleasant place, with a busy modern centre, with a miraculous old town, that relates sophisticated styles and unique architecture. The city still keeps it role of the Switzerland’s textile center, where you can find many exquisite embroidered goods in the Broderie shops, or to the retail outlets, that are the most notable local factories, offering remarcable goods, high-qualified. This magnificent city features many museums, concert halls, a university, and a impeccable range of cultural sites, which is remarkable for a city that has only 70,000 people. Make sure that you visit the new Bleicheli “Stadtlounge”located outside of the old town, with its bright red streets, and overhead lights that resemble objects from the outer space, making the region a famous and incredible one. If you want to spend unforgettable moments choose to hiking or biking on the marked paved paths, located beyond the town’s outskirts. The surrounding that delight your eyes are the greatest and pretties in Switzerland, featuring green hills, dairy farms, old villages, which charm and fascinate the visitors. You will never get disspointed for choosing this town as the destination for your vacation, because features magnificent attractions, pitoresque landscapes and recreational environments, for spending a really unrepeatable trip. Tourists are truly fascinated about this paradise, that comes with spectacular  and stunning sights, the nature capture their attention, and they just become onlookers, impressed by the unique treasures of the St.Gallen.
 




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St.Gallen - City
St.Gallen - City's street

St.Gallen - City
St.Gallen - City's street

St.Gallen - Spectacular  view
St.Gallen - Spectacular view

St.Gallen - Streets view
St.Gallen - Streets view

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St.Gallen - Silent place

St.Gallen - Important structures
St.Gallen - Important structures

St.Gallen - Abbey Library
St.Gallen - Abbey Library

St.Gallen - Abbey Library
St.Gallen - Abbey Library

St.Gallen - Winter time
St.Gallen - Winter time