Colouring picture – Convent St. John in Müstair

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 “Benedictine Convent St. John in Müstair”

The Convent of St. John in Müstair is a very old monastery in the canton of Graubünden. It was built over 1200 years ago. Back then, monks lived there, praying, working and learning. Today, nuns live there and look after the monastery.

What makes the monastery so special are the many old murals that tell stories from the Bible and the old buildings that look almost exactly as they did back then. It is one of the oldest and best-preserved monasteries in Europe.

UNESCO has designated the Convent of St John as a World Heritage property because it shows us so much about life and art from long ago. It is a place where we can learn how people lived, prayed and created art back then.

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