Il Sempione
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THE SIMPLON Another chapter of history, which marked the fate of Domodossola and its region, is the one concerning the opening of the Simplon tunnel. In the presence of the king of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele III and the President of the Swiss Confederation in 1906 was Indeed inaugurated the first tunnel Simplon Tunnel Rail. The Simplon was, since the time of the Romany, an important communication route for trade and military expeditions between the Po Valley and the upper Rhone. The first step documented Simplon dates back to 1254 when, in February, there was transit Odo Archbishop of Rouen, on the road to Rome.In 1267 the Bishop of Sion guaranteed protection for merchants and Italian, with its successors, worked for maintaining roads bottom. The crossing was then about twelve hours travel without difficulties for travelers. At the end of the fifteenth century, the troubled history of Valais influenced greatly on trade through the Simplon that were reduced drastically, but in the seventeenth century, the noble baron Stockalper, a trader circumspect, including the importance of the mountain was still pass for the area, enough to be nicknamed "King Simplon" for his trades. But Napoleon was to bring to the agreements of France and the Republic Cisalpine with Valais to build a true road between Geneva and lakes Maggiore through the Rhone Valley and the Simplon: the work was completed in 1805. The opening of the Simplon Tunnel, in 1906, was celebrated as a victory of humanity. The economic and social development determined the territory crossed by the Simplon line, and even today its role is of primary importance, as to be considered the "port on the Mediterranean" for the passage of goods and passengers.
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| Valle Bognanco |
| Antigorio Divedro Formazza |
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