• The Göschenen unrest took place on the 27th and 28th of July 1875 in the Swiss municipality of Göschenen in the canton of Uri. During the construction...
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    Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots (1875) saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating...
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    never realized; instead, Göscheneralpsee reservoir was built in the upper Göschenen Valley in 1960. The project was proposed in 1941, after a first project...
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    longest highway tunnel, at 16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi), stretching from Göschenen to Airolo beneath the Gotthard Pass. September 12 – Kenan Evren stages...
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