Napoleon's Colorful Legacy

Napoleon's Colorful Legacy. The street signs in Bern's old town are a riot of colors - red, green, yellow, black, and white - thanks to a legacy of Napoleon's…

Location: Bern, Switzerland, Switzerland

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The street signs in Bern's old town are a riot of colors - red, green, yellow, black, and white - thanks to a legacy of Napoleon's 1798 campaign in Switzerland.

Source: Berns subversive Strassenschilder – Blog zur Schweizer Geschichte - Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

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