Switzerland

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Félix Vallotton was a Swiss painter.

One version of the Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin hangs in Basel

"You have no need to have read Payne Knight, or Louis Viardot, or John Ruskin, to be able to understand Mont Blanc. The Grands Mulets and the Mer de Glace would interest the merest clodhopper. This is the reason why Switzerland is with travellers an universal favourite. You can’t wrangle about the conflict of styles in a precipice; the odium theologicum has nothing to lay hold of in an avalanche."--Rome and Venice: With Other Wanderings in Italy, in 1866-7 (1869) by George Augustus Sala

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Rhombicuboctahedron by Leonardo da Vinci

Switzerland is a sovereign country in south central Europe. It is bordered on the west by France, the east by Austria and Liechtenstein, the north by Germany, and the south by Italy. Official languages are German, French, Italian and Romansch. Official name: Swiss Confederation.

The Dada movement originated in Zurich during the 1910s.

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-An '''avalanche''' (also called a '''snowslide''' or '''snowslip''') is a rapid flow of [[snow]] down a sloping surface. Avalanches are typically triggered in a starting zone from a mechanical failure in the [[snowpack]] (slab avalanche) when the forces on the snow exceed its strength but sometimes only with gradually widening (loose snow avalanche). After initiation, avalanches usually accelerate rapidly and grow in mass and volume as they [[Entrainment (physical geography)|entrain]] more snow. If the avalanche moves fast enough some of the snow may mix with the air forming a powder snow avalanche, which is a type of [[gravity current]].
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 '''Switzerland''' is a sovereign country in south central [[Europe]]. It is bordered on the west by [[France]], the east by [[Austria]] and [[Liechtenstein]], the north by [[Germany]], and the south by [[Italy]]. Official languages are [[German]], [[French]], [[Italian]] and [[Ladin|Romansch]]. Official name: Swiss Confederation.