Old Stockalper Hospice, near the Simplon Pass, Switzerland
Old Stockalper Hospice, near the Simplon Pass, Switzerland. The impressive hospice was built by Kaspar Jodok von Stockalper, who traded salt from the Mediterranean to the rest of Europe. It made him The King of The Simplon. The hospice was taken over by the St Bernard monks after the fall of Napoleon
Picture No
10909160
Media ID
45547282
Size
5442px x 3491px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1930s
