Solothurn

The city of Solothurn is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The city is Switzerland's largest Baroque City. The old town was built between 1530 and 1792 and shows an architectural combination of Italian Grandezza, French style and Swiss ideas. In 2003, it had a population of 15,300.

Table of contents

1 Geography 2 Sights 3 History 4 External link

Geography

Situated on the Aar river.

Sights

• Old town
• Clock tower (Zeitglockenturm)
• Churches: cathedral St. Ursus, church of the Jesuits (Jesuitenkirche)
• Weissenstein mountain

History

• c. 14-37 foundation of the celtic Salodurum
• 932 Foundation of the St. Ursenstift by the Burgundian queen Bertha
• 1218 Solothurn becomes a free city
• 1481 Solothurn becomes a new member of the old Switzerland
• 1530-1792 the French Ambassador to the Swiss resides in the city.

There is a little more about the French Ambassador Jean Chevalley who took the post in 1530, on [1].

External link

• Official site in German