Simplon Hospice
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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]
The Simplon Hospice is located 1,998 m (6,555 ft) above sea level at the mountain saddle of the Simplon Pass.[5]
History
[edit]Priors[6][7] | |
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Period | Prior |
1802 (Juli/Aug) | Gabriel d’Allèves |
1802–1807 | Laurent-Hippolyte Ballet |
1807–1821 | Gabriel d’Allèves |
1821–1835 | Etienne-Sébastien Pellaux |
1835 | Jean-Baptiste Darbellay |
1836–1858 | Pierre-Joseph Barras |
1858–1861 | Pierre-Joseph Deléglise |
1862–1875 | Basile Frossard |
1876–1877 | Camille Rosset |
1877–1892 | Angelin Carron |
1898–1910 | Maurice Borter |
1910–1930 | André Favre |
1930–1934 | Candide Borgeat |
1934–1940 | Etienne Coquoz |
1940–1943 | Clément Moulin |
1943–1946 | Fabien Melly |
1946–1950 | Antoine Mudry |
1950–1952 | Lucien Quaglia |
1952–1959 | René Giroud |
1959–1966 | Gratien Volluz |
1966–1968 | Paul Bruchez |
1968–1971 | Jean Emonet |
1971–1974 | Jean-Claude Ducrey |
1974–1983 | Benoît Vouilloz |
1983–1995 | Klaus Sarbach |
1995–2007 | Michel Praplan |
2007–2009 | Jean-Pierre Voutaz |
2009–2012 | Daniel Salzgeber |
2012–2015 | Jean-Pascal Genoud |
2015–2023 | François Lamon |
2023–today | Daniel Salzgeber |
The Napoleon-Road over the Simplon Pass and through the Gorge of Gondo[8] was opened in 1806.
References and Weblinks
[edit]- ^ Internet Page of Simplon Hospiz
- ^ Theodor Wyder (1996), Simplon im Zeitgeschehen, La Matze, pp. 41, 127 and more, ISBN 2-88025-072-2
- ^ Klaus Anderegg (2008), Wandern am Simplon, Mengis Druck & Verlag AG, Visp, p. 182, ISBN 978-3-905756--31-9
- ^ Peter Arnold (2008), Der Simplon, Zur Geschichte des Passes, Brig: Rotten-Verlag, p. 186
- ^ See: Map of Swisstopo
- ^ Congrégation du Grand-Saint-Bernard
- ^ Arnold, Peter. Der Simplon –Zur Geschichte des Passes und des Dorfes–. Brig: Rotten-Verlag. p. 192.
- ^ Gondo Gorge
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