Rocky soul
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The Devil's Bridge over the Schöllenen Gorge -
Entering the Gotthard Road Tunnel at Teufelsstein Markus Bühler -
A shepherd goes about his work -
Looking over the Schöni Alp -
Army bunker Markus Bühler -
The old custom of "Wäldmannchen" rings in the winter -
Soldiers -
Midnight on the Hospiz -
Souvenir stall on the top of the pass -
Blessing the Alp -
Towards the south -
The Tremola -
Signs of past times in the Leventina Valley -
Motorway bridge before Faido -
The high altitude Strada Alta hiking path in the Leventina Valley
Markus Bühler photographs the countryside and people in the Gotthard region.
This content was published on September 30, 2010 - 13:56
Many tourists to the region don't realise that there is more to the Gotthard than a traffic barrier - it is also surrounded by a quiet and strange beauty. Bühler's pictures come from between Hospental and Biasca. (Gotthard, the rocky soul of Switzerland, AS-Verlag Zurich, 1997).
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