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Gerechtigkeitsgasse
(p74) marks the eastern
section of the main
Did You Know? axis through the Old BERN
Town. The house at
No 68 is the Weavers’
The Französische Guild, the façade
Kirche is the oldest featuring a gilt griffin.
church in Bern. Another striking
landmark is a fountain
with a statue of Justice. Locator Map
For more detail see p64
Rathaus (p75),
From 1191 to 1250 the the town hall, is
Zytglogge (p70) clock fronted by a
tower was the city’s double staircase
western gate, and it and a Gothic loggia
was later used as a that leads to the
prison. Its chimes main entrance.
begin at four minutes
before the hour.
P O S T G A S S E
G E R E C H T I G – K E I T S G A S S E

R AT H A U S G A S S E
K R A M G A S S E The most striking
feature of Bern’s
Gothic cathedral
Münster St Vinzenz
(p66) is the magnif-
icent central portal,
K O R N H A U S P L AT Z
surrounded by
M Ü N S T E R G A S S E painted figures.
THEATER – MÜNSTERPLATZ
PL ATZ
M A R K T G A S S E
A M T H A U S T G A S S E

The main axis
through the Old
Town is continued
by Kramgasse (p73).
On Tuesday and Saturday This street begins at
mornings the arcades the Zytglogge, the
along Münstergasse clock tower marking
(p74) host a bustling the western limit of
street market. the oldest part of the
Old Town.

Relief on the main
portal of Bern’s
Münster St Vinzenz
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