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Neuchâtel is a city in Switzerland and capital of the Canton of Neuchâtel. Neuchâtel is also the name of the adjacent lake, Lake Neuchâtel.
Main attractions
Museums
Neuchâtel has several excellent museums, including the Latenium, an archeology museum focusing on the prehistorical times in the region of Neuchâtel and Hauterive; the MEN, an ethnography museum; the museum of art and history, which includes the first robots with the Jaquet-Droz programmable androids (made between 1770 and 1774); and the Museum of Natural History.
Culture
During the summer of 2002, Neuchâtel was one of five sites which held Expo.02, the sixth Swiss national exhibition, which was subject to financial controversy. The festival of the Fête des Vendanges, representing the wine harvest, is held traditionally in early Fall
