Simplon_Hospice

Simplon Hospice

Simplon Hospice

Hospice in Switzerland

The Simplon Hospice is a large building where travellers and merchants can get food, accommodation and shelter from the harsh climate. In a decree of 21 February 1801 Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned the building of a hospice on top of the Simplon Pass. The hospice has always been run by the Canons of Saint Augustine.[1][2][3][4]

Simplon Hospice in winter time

The Simplon Hospice is located 1,998 m (6,555 ft) above sea level at the mountain saddle of the Simplon Pass.[5]

History

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The Napoleon-Road over the Simplon Pass and through the Gorge of Gondo[8] was opened in 1806.

  1. [1]
    Internet Page of Simplon Hospiz
  2. [2]
    Theodor Wyder (1996), Simplon im Zeitgeschehen, La Matze, pp. 41, 127 and more, ISBN 2-88025-072-2
  3. [3]
    Klaus Anderegg (2008), Wandern am Simplon, Mengis Druck & Verlag AG, Visp, p. 182, ISBN 978-3-905756--31-9
  4. [4]
    Peter Arnold (2008), Der Simplon, Zur Geschichte des Passes, Brig: Rotten-Verlag, p. 186
  5. [5]
    See: Map of Swisstopo
  6. [6]
    Congrégation du Grand-Saint-Bernard
  7. [7]
    Arnold, Peter. Der Simplon –Zur Geschichte des Passes und des Dorfes–. Brig: Rotten-Verlag. p. 192.
  8. [8]
    Gondo Gorge
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