Ballenberg Switzerland
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Ballenberg is an open air museum that portrays Switzerland as it used to be.
It has more then 100 buildings that are more then 100 years old brought here
from all over the country. The home to the left represents a farm house
from what they call the midlands area of the country. |
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This farmhouse from Madiswil is an all-wood post-and-beam construction. This
farmhouse from the beginning of the 18th century was planned and built for
two families. The house originally had a straw roof but that was replaced
with shingles in the 19th century. When it was reconstructed it took 257,000
shingles for the roof. |
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Notice the lower pert of this home. It is made to bring the farm animals
in out of the elements. It is from a higher area that gets more snow. The
open air museum was a great place to visit to get an idea of the different
types of architecture in Switzerland. As the pictures show it really quite
stunning in its settings also. |
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