Sheltered from the Vastness
by Ralf Rohner
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Sheltered from the Vastness
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Ralf Rohner
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Wildkirchli (English: Wild Chapel) are three interlinked caves situated in the Alpstein massif in the Appenzell Innerrhoden canton of Switzerland. The caves are located at a height of 1,477–1,500 m (4,846–4,921 ft). They are notable for the traces of Paleolithic Neanderthal habitation, dating to c. 40,000 BP, and cave bear bones dating to 90,000–40,000 BP.
Just a few steps from the caves lies the Gasthaus Aescher, a 170-year-old guesthouse built into the cliff. In 2015 Aescher became very famous, because it was chosen as the cover of National Geographics "Destinations of a Liftime" book.
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