Blithe's photos uploaded on August 23, 2016

ceiling fresco

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:16:12 GMT

ceiling fresco

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Simplon Pass The road continues via galleries and tunnels through the narrow...

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:43:02 GMT

Simplon Pass
The road continues via galleries and tunnels through the narrow Gondo Gorge that is hemmed in by granite walls. Here one of Switzerland’s most remote valleys, the Zwischbergental, branches off to the west. In Gondo one crosses the border to Italy.

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Eagle Simplon Pass summit The eight-meter-high stone eagle is a reminder of...

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:42:56 GMT

Eagle Simplon Pass summit
The eight-meter-high stone eagle is a reminder of World War II. Looking toward the back, one sees the magnificent panorama of the Bernese Alps with the Bietschhorn and the glacier flanks of the four-thousand-meter giants Fletschhorn and Weissmies.

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Simplon Pass Eagle

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:42:49 GMT

Simplon Pass Eagle

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Back down to Tasch

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:42:43 GMT

Back down to Tasch

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Alpine horns

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:42:38 GMT

Alpine horns

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Roman Catholic church of St. Mauritius in Zermatt . Construction on the...

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:42:33 GMT

Roman Catholic church of St. Mauritius in Zermatt . Construction on the church began in 1913. World War I disrupted the project’s progress, but the church was finally completed in the 1930’s. The church replaced a 16th-century structure.

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Matterhorn (without cloud) (III)

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:42:27 GMT

Matterhorn (without cloud) (III)

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Matterhorn (II)

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:42:22 GMT

Matterhorn (II)

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Matterhorn (I) viewed from bridge over the Vispa

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:41:30 GMT

Matterhorn (I) viewed from bridge over the Vispa

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Barn/ stable

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:41:22 GMT

Barn/ stable

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Bahnhofstrasse,Zermatt

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:41:15 GMT

Bahnhofstrasse,Zermatt

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Tasch station

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:41:09 GMT

Tasch station

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On the way to Tasch to get train to Zermatt

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:41:03 GMT

On the way to Tasch to get train to Zermatt

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Simplon Pass (I)

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:40:56 GMT

Simplon Pass (I)

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Simplon pass (II) The Simplon Pass (2,005 m) is a high mountain pass between...

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:40:49 GMT

Simplon pass (II)
The Simplon Pass (2,005 m) is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canton of Valais with Domodossola in Piedmont (Italy).

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Mountaineers' Cemetary at Roman Catholic St Mauritius Church in Zermatt

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:40:43 GMT

Mountaineers' Cemetary at Roman Catholic St Mauritius Church in Zermatt

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