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2 unusual facts about Gotthard Pass


Hermann von Liebenau

1873–1875 „Urkunden und Regesten zur Geschichte des St. Gotthardpasses“, Archiv für schweizerische Geschichte, XVIII-XX

Swissair Flight 330

A bomb detonated in the aft cargo compartment of the aircraft about nine minutes after take-off climb-out on southerly course approximately at 12:15 UTC in the area of Lucerne north of the St. Gotthard Pass.


Transalpine campaigns of the Old Swiss Confederacy

A first setback came with the Battle of Arbedo in 1422, where the Swiss were defeated by the Duchy of Milan, and in a treaty of 1426, the border of the duchy was moved back to the Gotthard Pass.


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