Colouring picture – Abbey of St. Gall

The “search and find” pictures help children to discover the UNESCO World Heritage properties in Switzerland in a simple way. 

What is a UNESCO World Heritage property?

Imagine that there are special places all over the world that are so important and beautiful that we want to protect them forever. These places are for example old castles, big mountains, ancient cities or beautiful natural areas. Some of them are so old that they were built or created many hundreds or thousands of years ago.

All these places are on a List of UNESCO (an organisation of the United Nations). This list shows that these places are important for the whole world, not just for one country. We can therefore be very proud of the UNESCO World Heritage properties in Switzerland and should take good care of them.

The World Heritage “Abbey of St. Gall”

The Abbey of St. Gall was founded over 1400 years ago by monks who lived, prayed and worked there. The monks were very hard-working and wrote many important books and painted them beautifully. Many of these old books and manuscripts can be found today in the library of the abbey district. A very special piece from the past is the monastery plan - the oldest architectural drawing ever found. It is like a large puzzle that helps us to understand how people lived back then and how they planned and organised their monastery.

UNESCO has designated the Abbey of St Gall as a World Heritage property because this place shows us a lot about how people lived many centuries ago. It is an important part of history that helps us to better understand the past.

More information and ordering options for the “search and find” book: edu.ourheritage.ch