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Aerial view of Zürich, the largest city in Switzerland and capital of Zürich canton. The city lies at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich in north-central Switzerland. Zürich is headquarters to many of Switzerland's financial institutions and banking companies.
The Matterhorn is a pyramidal mountain on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 m (14,692 ft) high, making it one of the highest, most famous, and deadliest peaks in the Alps. The steep faces, oriented to each compass point, cause regular avalanches; the snow that builds up around the base forms glaciers. Mountains around the world with similar profiles frequently earn &quot;Matterhorn&quot; as a nickname because of the mountain&apos;s iconic shape.
Overlooking the Mudac Museum for Contemporary Applied Arts in Lausanne. The Mudac opened in 2000 replacing the Museum for Decorative Arts.
Lake Lugano is a glacial lake at the border between Switzerland and Italy. At 49 sq km (19 sq mi) and an average width of approximately one kilometer (over half a mile), roughly 60% of the lake lies in Switzerland, the rest in Italy.
Mount Wetterhorn (3,692 m; 12,110 ft), near Grindelwald, overlooks the upper reaches of an Alpine valley - still snow covered in June.
The Swiss flag against a field of snow.
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