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Swiss chalet style
Architectural style originating from Central Europe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the architectural style. For the Canadian restaurant chain, see Swiss Chalet.
Swiss chalet style (German: Schweizerstil, Norwegian: Sveitserstil) is an architectural style of Late Historicism, originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine (mountainous) regions of Central Europe. The style refers to traditional building designs characterised by widely projecting roofs and facades richly decorated with wooden balconies and carved ornaments. It spread over Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, France and Scandinavia during the Belle Époque era.
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