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The Gotthard Tunnel (German: Gotthardtunnel, Italian: Galleria del San Gottardo) is a 15-kilometre-long (9.3 mi) railway tunnel that forms the summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland. It connects Göschenen with Airolo and was the first tunnel through the Saint-Gotthard Massif in order to bypass the St Gotthard Pass .
It was to be ceded to Neuchâtel according to the treaty of Paris of 30 May 1814, but the necessary border correction did not become official until 1 February 1819. Similarly, Rhäzüns was restored from Austria to Switzerland on 19 January 1819. Switzerland in 1815 was still a confederacy, not a fully integrated federation.
Between the Alps and a Hard Place: Switzerland in World War II and the Rewriting of History (2000) excerpt and text search; Dawson, William Harbutt. Social Switzerland: Studies of Present-day Social Movements and Legislation (1897) 302 pp; with focus on social and economic history, poverty, labour online; Fahrni, Dieter. An Outline History of ...
Johnny Harris (born May 28, 1988) [‡ 1] [‡ 2] is an American YouTuber, filmmaker, and independent journalist based in Washington, D.C. [2] Harris produced and hosted the Borders series for American news and opinion website Vox.
In March 2014, the Swiss Government approved a bill to allow the building of a second road tunnel. Construction was scheduled to start in 2020, with the cost estimated at almost CHF 3 billion. [10] Construction on a second, parallel road tunnel was started. In first instance it was only built for safety: an escape route in case of accidents.
1416 Valais allies with Switzerland, border between Switzerland and Milan. 1860 Italian unification. From Domodossola - Locarno to Porlezza - Lugano. 1512 after Swiss conquest of Milan, border between Switzerland and Milan. 1860 Italian unification. From Madesimo - Splügen to Livigno - Zernez. 1st millennium, border between Italy and the ...
For much of the past decade, policymakers and analysts have decried America's incredibly low savings rate, noting that U.S. households save a fraction of the money of the rest of the world.
With the completion in 1986 of the A2 motorway in the Valle Leventina, the main valley leading from Airolo down to Bellinzona, and the surmounting of the Monte Ceneri between Bellinzona and Lugano in 1983, finally a continuous motorway was established from the northern border of Switzerland in Basel to the southern border in Chiasso, or the ...