Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites

The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.

Types
The types are based on the Ordinance and consolidated/translated as follows:
 * city: Stadt, Stadt/Flecken, città, ville
 * town: Kleinstadt, Kleinstadt (Flecken), borgo, borgo/cittadina, petite ville
 * urbanized village: verstädtertes Dorf, villaggio urbanizzato, village urbanisé, vischnanca urbanisada
 * village: Dorf, villaggio, village, vischnanca
 * hamlet: Weiler, frazione, frazione (casale), hameau, aclaun
 * special case: Spezialfall, caso particolare, cas particulier, cas spécial, cas spezial