Punt da Gall dam, Livigno. Photo: Andreas Steigmeier
Mandrake Man and Mandrake Woman in the Hortus sanitatis. Photo: Mainz 1491 (author unknown)
Corporate municipality. Photo: Christof Hirtler
Photo: Roothuus Gonten
View from Cervandone towards Piedmont and Ticino. Photo: Marco Volken
Cardamine insueta on the Urnerboden. Photo: Franz Bucher, Unterägeri
Institute «Cultures of the Alps»
The Institute "Cultures of the Alps" is dedicated to the entire thematic breadth of the special features of the Alpine region - from prehistoric evidence to specific traditions to the challenges of the present.
The cantonal council of Uri has decided: The "Uri Institute Cultures of the Alps at the University of Lucerne" will be supported annually by the canton with a maximum of 500,000 Swiss francs - thus it can be operated permanently.
Fredi M. Murer and Kurt Gloor filmed life in the mountains of Uri about fifty years ago. Now the Institute is bringing the two films back to the cinema.
The crystals and minerals from inside the mountains of Uri have been moving people for 10,000 years. The Institute "Cultures of the Alps" showed exciting views of the Strahlner being.
