House of the Cantons

building in Bern, Switzerland with several intercantonal conferences
Place administrative_building Q1311921
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Summary

House of the Cantons is an administrative building[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • House of the Cantons is located in Bern[3].
  • House of the Cantons is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • House of the Cantons's instance of is recorded as administrative building[5].
  • House of the Cantons's architect is recorded as Otto Dorer[6].
  • House of the Cantons's architect is recorded as Adolf Füchslin[7].
  • The location of House of the Cantons was Red Quarter[8].
  • House of the Cantons is part of list of cultural properties in Bern / Inner City (West)[9].
  • House of the Cantons is part of Old City of Bern[10].
  • House of the Cantons's Commons category is recorded as Speichergasse 6 / Hodlerstrasse 5 (Bern)[11].
  • House of the Cantons's occupant is recorded as Conference of the Cantonal Governments[12].
  • 1891 marks the founding of House of the Cantons[13].
  • House of the Cantons's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.9506, 'lon': 7.44248}[14].
  • House of the Cantons's located on street is recorded as Speichergasse[15].
  • House of the Cantons's located on street is recorded as Hodlerstrasse[16].
  • House of the Cantons's described at URL is recorded as https://bauinventar.bern.ch/pdfs/speichergasse_6_hodlerstrasse_.pdf[17].
  • House of the Cantons's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss cultural property of cantonal or local significance[18].
  • House of the Cantons's appears in the heritage monument list is recorded as list of cultural properties in Bern / Inner City (West)[19].
  • House of the Cantons's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Speichergasse 6 / Hodlerstrasse 5, 5.1, 3011 Bern'}[20].
  • House of the Cantons's located in the statistical territorial entity is recorded as Inner City[21].

Body

Geography

House of the Cantons is in the country of Switzerland[4]. It is located in Bern[3]. Part of include list of cultural properties in Bern / Inner City (West)[9] and Old City of Bern[10], an old town[22], in Switzerland[23].

Designation and Status

House of the Cantons's instance of is recorded as administrative building[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Swiss cultural property of cantonal or local significance[18].

History and Context

1891 marks the founding of House of the Cantons[13].

Why It Matters

House of the Cantons is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . bauinventar.bern.ch. Retrieved . bauinventar.bern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . bauinventar.bern.ch. Retrieved . bauinventar.bern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . bauinventar.bern.ch. Retrieved . bauinventar.bern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . bauinventar.bern.ch. Retrieved . bauinventar.bern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bauinventar.bern.ch. Retrieved . bauinventar.bern.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Speichergasse 6 / Hodlerstrasse 5 (Bern)
    Image → Haus der Kantone.jpg
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Bern
    Imported from → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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