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]

Simplon Hospice in winter time

The Simplon Hospice is located 1,998 m (6,555 ft) above sea level at the mountain saddle of the Simplon Pass.[5]

History

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Priors[6][7]
Period Prior
1802 (Juli/Aug) Gabriel d’Allèves
1802–1807 Laurent-Hippolyte Ballet
1807–1821 Gabriel d’Allèves
1821–1835 Etienne-Sébastien Pellaux
1835 Jean-Baptiste Darbellay
1836–1858 Pierre-Joseph Barras
1858–1861 Pierre-Joseph Deléglise
1862–1875 Basile Frossard
1876–1877 Camille Rosset
1877–1892 Angelin Carron
1898–1910 Maurice Borter
1910–1930 André Favre
1930–1934 Candide Borgeat
1934–1940 Etienne Coquoz
1940–1943 Clément Moulin
1943–1946 Fabien Melly
1946–1950 Antoine Mudry
1950–1952 Lucien Quaglia
1952–1959 René Giroud
1959–1966 Gratien Volluz
1966–1968 Paul Bruchez
1968–1971 Jean Emonet
1971–1974 Jean-Claude Ducrey
1974–1983 Benoît Vouilloz
1983–1995 Klaus Sarbach
1995–2007 Michel Praplan
2007–2009 Jean-Pierre Voutaz
2009–2012 Daniel Salzgeber
2012–2015 Jean-Pascal Genoud
2015–2023 François Lamon
2023–today Daniel Salzgeber

The Napoleon-Road over the Simplon Pass and through the Gorge of Gondo[8] was opened in 1806.

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  1. ^ Internet Page of Simplon Hospiz
  2. ^ Theodor Wyder (1996), Simplon im Zeitgeschehen, La Matze, pp. 41, 127 and more, ISBN 2-88025-072-2
  3. ^ Klaus Anderegg (2008), Wandern am Simplon, Mengis Druck & Verlag AG, Visp, p. 182, ISBN 978-3-905756--31-9
  4. ^ Peter Arnold (2008), Der Simplon, Zur Geschichte des Passes, Brig: Rotten-Verlag, p. 186
  5. ^ See: Map of Swisstopo
  6. ^ Congrégation du Grand-Saint-Bernard
  7. ^ Arnold, Peter. Der Simplon –Zur Geschichte des Passes und des Dorfes–. Brig: Rotten-Verlag. p. 192.
  8. ^ Gondo Gorge

46°14′47″N 008°1′45″E / 46.24639°N 8.02917°E / 46.24639; 8.02917