Simplon Hospice in winter time

In a decree of 21 February 1801 Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned the building of a hospice on top of the Simplon Pass. The Simplon Hospice is a large building where travellers and merchants can get food, accommodation and shelter from the harsh climate. The hospice has always been run by the Canons of Saint Augustine.[1][2][3][4]

The Simplon Hospice is located 1998m/6555ft above sea level at the mountain saddle of the Simplon Pass.[5]

History

Priors[6][7]
Period Prior
1802 (Juli/Aug)Gabriel d’Allèves
1802–1807Laurent-Hippolyte Ballet
1807–1821Gabriel d’Allèves
1821–1835Etienne-Sébastien Pellaux
1835Jean-Baptiste Darbellay
1836–1858Pierre-Joseph Barras
1858–1861Pierre-Joseph Deléglise
1862–1875Basile Frossard
1876–1877Camille Rosset
1877–1892Angelin Carron
1898–1910Maurice Borter
1910–1930André Favre
1930–1934Candide Borgeat
1934–1940Etienne Coquoz
1940–1943Clément Moulin
1943–1946Fabien Melly
1946–1950Antoine Mudry
1950–1952Lucien Quaglia
1952–1959René Giroud
1959–1966Gratien Volluz
1966–1968Paul Bruchez
1968–1971Jean Emonet
1971–1974Jean-Claude Ducrey
1974–1983Benoît Vouilloz
1983–1995Klaus Sarbach
1995–2007Michel Praplan
2007–2009Jean-Pierre Voutaz
2009–2012Daniel Salzgeber
2012–2015Jean-Pascal Genoud
2015–2023François Lamon
2023–todayDaniel Salzgeber

The Napoleon-Road over the Simplon Pass and through the Gorge of Gondo[8] was opened in 1806.

  1. ↑ Internet Page of Simplon Hospiz
  2. ↑ Theodor Wyder (1996), Simplon im Zeitgeschehen, La Matze, pp. 41, 127 and more, ISBN 2-88025-072-2
  3. ↑ Klaus Anderegg (2008), Wandern am Simplon, Mengis Druck & Verlag AG, Visp, p. 182, ISBN 978-3-905756--31-9
  4. ↑ Peter Arnold (2008), Der Simplon, Zur Geschichte des Passes, Brig: Rotten-Verlag, p. 186
  5. ↑ See: Map of Swisstopo
  6. ↑ Congrégation du Grand-Saint-Bernard
  7. ↑ Arnold, Peter. Der Simplon –Zur Geschichte des Passes und des Dorfes–. Brig: Rotten-Verlag. p. 192.
  8. ↑ Gondo Gorge
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