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Switzerland's Religious Landscape



Das Bundeshaus in Bern: Sitz der Schweizer Landesregierung.

Federal Palace: seat of the Swiss Federal Council and Federal Assembly in Bern.



The Church and the State

Article 72 of the Federal Constitute states:

«The regulation of the relationship between the Church and the State shall be the responsibility of the Cantons. The Confederation and the Cantons may within the scope of their powers take measures to preserve public peace between the members of different religious communities.»


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