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[[File:Bern View from Lerberstrasse.JPG|thumb|200px|A view of the Old District of Bern in 2007.]] | [[File:Bern View from Lerberstrasse.JPG|thumb|200px|A view of the Old District of Bern in 2007.]] | ||
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'''Bern''' is the de facto capital (bundesstadt) of [[Switzerland]].<ref>http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D10102.php</ref> The city is located along a narrow loop of the [[Aar]] River. | '''Bern''' is the de facto capital (bundesstadt) of [[Switzerland]].<ref>http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D10102.php</ref> The city is located along a narrow loop of the [[Aar]] River. | ||
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Bern is the de facto capital (bundesstadt) of Switzerland.[1] The city is located along a narrow loop of the Aar River.
Bern was the scene of a disputation in 1528 between Roman Catholics and Reformers that led to its acceptance and subsequent championship of Protestant doctrines.[2]