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Ballenberg Historic Swiss Hay Barn – Switzerland

Ballenberg Historic Swiss Hay Barn - Switzerland

An interior view of one of many historic traditional farm and village-related buildings found in different regions of Switzerland. Located at the famous open air museum in Ballenberg, Switzerland. This  particular one, was a historic wooden hay barn. Traditional tools for handling the hay, such as a completely wooden pitch fork are on display for visitors to this cultural park.

A Historic Italian Farm Kitchen in Southern Switzerland

A Historic Italian Farm Kitchen in Southern Switzerland

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This is an example of how historic farm house kitchens looked in the Italian part of Switzerland, between the 1740’s and 1860’s. Its one of several houses brought from Cugnasco, an Italian farming village in the southern canton of Ticino, to the famous open-air Museum Ballenberg, near Interlaken.