The Rütli meadow – a place of pilgrimage for the Swiss - has been kept more or less as it was in 1291, when history was made here. <br />This is where representatives from the valley communities of Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden met to pledge their loyalty to each other, at a time when the area was governed by the Habsburgs. Every year on August 1 it’s the scene of national day celebrations. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch/SRF)
