Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen is the capital of the canton of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, its old town characterised by oriel windows projecting from guild houses along the main streets. The Munot fortress, a circular Renaissance fortification dating to the 1580s, overlooks the city from a vineyard-covered hilltop. Schaffhausen is the northernmost Swiss canton, positioned in a bend of the Rhine on three sides.