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Day: July 7, 2019

Roman city-state at the foot of the Jurassic

July 7, 2019kenritley

Solothurn was founded by the Romans and is one of the very few city-states in Switzerland. I captured this magnificent shot showing the Jura mountains in the background:

For those of you who may be unaware, the Jura mountains are the namesake of the Jurassic Period in geology, since the rocks they expose date back to that era.

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