This section contains an overview of the most relevant commemorations in Switzerland.
5 October 2020
Great Britain and Switzerland have been closely linked since Roman times. Emperor Claudius built the road over the Great St. Bernard in preparation for the Roman invasion of England in 43 A.D. The road is the equivalent of today’s Gotthard tunnel and NEAT project. Even then, Switzerland was an essential European crossroads. The Via per … Read more » “Great Britain and Switzerland, a European Friendship”
22 September 2020
25 July 1867 is an important but almost forgotten date in the modern history of Switzerland. It was on this day that the parliament in Bern decided, for the first time, on federal funding for projects in cantons. These federal subsidies covered the high costs of of the Jura Water Correction Project (La Correction des eaux … Read more » “The Beginning of Federal Financial Support”
2 September 2020
Ninety years ago, the first Glacier-Express of the Rhätische Bahn drove from St. Moritz to Zermatt via Reichenau, Disentis, Andermatt, Gletsch and Brigg. The route has been adapted and extended several times and passes the cantons of Graubünden, Valais and Uri nowadays. The tourists came from Europe in the early years. After 1950, the number … Read more » “Ninety years Glacier-Express”
