Then and Now – Bern – Rathaus

THEN:

NOW:

COMMENTS:

(1) This really got ugly!  I have not yet done any research, but I have heard that after Bern was declared a UNESCO city, considerable money was invested to harmonize the architecture – apparently there were tremendous projects between 1900 and 1950, so much so that what you see today “looks medieval” but is not really medieval.  Really a shame – because the building in the older photograph looks much nicer than the modern version!