Editing Solothurn (section)

==Main sights==
The old town was built between 1530 and 1792 and shows an architectural combination of Italian Grandezza, French style and Swiss ideas.

In 1980, Solothurn was awarded the [[Wakker Prize]] for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.

Solothurn is home to 18 structures that are listed as Swiss [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance|heritage sites of national significance]]. The religious buildings on the list are; the Visitation [[Convent]], the Jesuit Church with ''Kollegium'' (Lapidarium), the [[Swiss Reformed Church|Swiss Reformed]] Church on Westringstrasse and the St. Ursen Cathedral. There are four civic buildings on the list; the old [[Armory (military)|Armory]] which is now the Cantonal Museum, the [[Seat of local government|Rathaus]] (town council house), the State Archives at Bielstrasse 41 and the nearby Central Library at Bielstrasse 39. Two other museums are on the list, the Art Museum and the Naturmuseum. There are two houses and two public objects on the list; the Haller-Haus (former Bishops Palace) at Baselstrasse 61, the Sommerhaus Vigier at Untere Steingrubenstrasse 21, the Mauritius Fountain and the town clock tower. Two castles are listed; the former Blumenstein Castle and [[Steinbrugg Castle]]. Finally, the list includes the old town of Salodurum which was a Roman era [[Vicus]] and the medieval and [[Early Modern Switzerland|early modern]] city as well as the city walls. The entire old city of Solothurn is part of the [[Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.000116.DownloadFile.tmp/so.pdf|title=Kantonsliste A-Objekte:Solothurn|year=2009|work=KGS Inventar|publisher=Federal Office of Civil Protection|language=de|access-date=12 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718143839/http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar/a-objekte.parsys.000116.DownloadFile.tmp/so.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2011}}</ref>

Sights include:

* Aarhof
* Besenval Palace
* [[Solothurn Cathedral|Cathedral of St. Ursus]] (1762–73). It was begun by Gaetano Matteo Pisoni and completed by Paolo Antonio Pisoni. The interior has stuccoes by Francesco Pozzi and canvasses by [[Domenico Corvi]].
* Church of the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] (''Jesuitenkirche'', 1680–89)
* Clock tower (''Zeitglockenturm'', 12th century)
* Gate of Basel
* Gate of Bienne
* Kosciuszko Museum
* Krone
* Landhaus
* Museum of the Old Arsenal (1609–14), housing the most ancient collection of armour in Europe.
* Old town
* The [[Verena Gorge]] and the [[Verena Gorge Hermitage]]
* Waldegg Castle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetware.com/solothurn/feldbrunnen-waldegg-castle-ch-so-sw.htm |title=Waldegg Castle, Feldbrunnen, Solothurn |publisher=Planetware.com |access-date=2011-09-16}}</ref>
* [[Weissenstein]] mountain

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File:Soleure aar.JPG|The Aare as seen from the cathedral.
File:Amthausplatz Solothurn.jpg|Amthausplatz
File:Historisches museum blumenstein suedfassade.jpg|Historical Museum of Solothurn
File:Kosciuszko Solothurn.JPG|House in Solothurn where [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] was living at the time of his death in October 1817.
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