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Casa della sostenibilitá © 2025 by Margareth Lanzinger

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, one of our project partners, the International Association for Alpine History, held an event at the beginning of July 2025:

«Des Alpes traversées aux Alpes vécues» (1995–2025)

30 anni di Association Internazionale pour l’Histoire des Alpes | Associazione Internazionale per la Storia delle Alpi | Internationale Gesellschaft für Historische Alpenforschung | Mednarodno Združenje za Zgodovino Alp

The event took place at the Casa della sostenibilità in Airolo and included presentations and several round-table discussions, including one on “Mobilità e viabilità. Gli atout della periferia” (Mobility and traffic the advantages of the periphery), which was moderated by Margareth Lanzinger.

The Gotthard Hospice at the Gotthard Pass, a plain six-story building with a slightly crooked roof on a steep hillside. In front of the building, a man stands beside his car, while three hikers are behind a low stone wall.

Hospice at the Gotthard Pass

On Friday morning, a new network of great interest to our project was presented: The Swiss Alpine Research Collaboration (Swiss ARC).

Afterwards, we drove to the Gotthard Pass, where we visited the museum and the hospice, which was built in the thirteenth century.

See https://www.labisalp.usi.ch/en/aisa/overview

The Mountain St. Gotthard in Swizerland

View at Mount Gotthard

The Casa della Sostenibilità, a long, red, single-story building with an overhanging roof. In front of the entraince waits a man.

Christof Jeggle in front of the Casa della sostenibiità