Le Grand Chalet

Le Grand Chalet IMG

The "Chalet Suisse", a building type originally used in the Bern highlands and in the Vaud, spread throughout the whole of Europe as a result of the increasing popularity of the Alps and was viewed as typical Swiss architecture. The photo shows the Grand Chalet in Rossinière, which was built in 1754.

Rossinière: Le Grand Chalet from 1754 (Stiftung Balthus), colour photograph, 2004, photographer: Roland Zumbühl; image source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swiss-rossiniere-grand-chalet.jpg?uselang=de. Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany.