The Simplon Hospice is a large building where travellers and merchants can get food, accommodation and shelter from the harsh climate. In a decree of 21 February 1801 Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned the building of a hospice on top of the Simplon Pass. The hospice has always been run by the Canons of Saint Augustine.[1][2][3][4]
The Simplon Hospice is located 1,998 m (6,555 ft) above sea level at the mountain saddle of the Simplon Pass.[5]
^Internet Page of Simplon Hospiz
^Theodor Wyder (1996), Simplon im Zeitgeschehen, La Matze, pp. 41, 127 and more, ISBN 2-88025-072-2
^ Klaus Anderegg (2008), Wandern am Simplon, Mengis Druck & Verlag AG, Visp, p. 182, ISBN 978-3-905756--31-9
^Peter Arnold (2008), Der Simplon, Zur Geschichte des Passes, Brig: Rotten-Verlag, p. 186
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