View of the central building of the Federal Palace of Switzerland, UNESCO World Heritage Site, the seat of the Swiss government, located in Bern, the federal city (Bundesstadt) and de facto capital of Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland, Europe

The Federal Palace of Switzerland, a building housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive) and seat of the government of Switzerland and parliament, Bern, Switzerland, Europe

The Federal Palace of Switzerland, a building housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive) and seat of the government of Switzerland and parliament, Bern, Switzerland, Europe

South side view of the Federal Palace of Switzerland, a building housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive) and the seat of the government of Switzerland and parliament, Bern, Switzerland, Europe

Gold-coloured commemorative plaque for a member of the governing City Council, Willibald Pirckheimer, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Imperia statue, shows a woman holding the emperor and the pope on her hands, symbolic display of the immoral behavior of the rulers at the Council of Constance in the Middle Ages, statue at the harbour of Constance, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Bundesrat, Federal Council, Berlin, Germany

Aerial view, so-called beer crate, city council, municipality, city hall, Dortmund, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bundesrat, German for Federal Council, lettering on the gable over the main entrance of the Federal Council, Berlin, Germany, Europe