Returning to Ticino, we visited the UNESCO World Heritage site, the ensemble of fortifications, of the cantonal capital and strategically important location occupied and defended since Neolithic times as the place where several Swiss rivers converge and near the Alpine passes of San Bernardino, San Gottardo and Lukmanier, and maintaining hold of Bellinzona meant control of traffic and trade between northern Europe and the Mediterranean.
ambitions of the Duchy of Milan, the third and highest, Sasso Corbaro, was added in the sixteen century with reinforcement on the lower existing structures, and is now a symbol of Swiss unity and identity.
one year ago: a venerable Viennese newspaper folds (with synchronoptica)
six years ago: negotium and otium
seven years ago: an AI names cats, moss walls, the Tour de Trump plus the Hong Kong transfer of sovereignty (1997)
eight years ago: on listicles plus the fantastic illustrations of Franรงois Schuiten
nine years ago: West Germany’s NATO accession (1955), grail candidates plus assorted links to enjoy