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Without these passages, Switzerland would be an entirely different country: socially, culturally, economically, and militarily.<br \/>\nThrough some 80 large-format colour and black-and-white images, <strong><em>Alpine Passes of Switzerland<\/em><\/strong> demonstrates the boldness of the country&rsquo;s modern Alpine crossings, their infrastructure and beautiful landscapes. Additional historic photographs convey earlier generations&rsquo; courage and pioneering efforts to build the roads and railtracks that connect Europe&rsquo;s nations. Supplementary essays trace the history of the Alpine passes and highlight their significance for Swiss national identity, explain their military importance, and describe the vision that preceded the construction of new base tunnels across the St. Gotthard and L&ouml;tschberg massifs between 1994 and 2016: the future of rail transit across the Alps lies deep underground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beautifully illustrated book for anyone with an interest in Switzerland and the fascinating history and present of the country&rsquo;s Alpine passes and transit infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46805,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5485,5550],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45230","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-photography","7":"product_cat-travel","8":"author-by-photographer-richard-von-tscharner","9":"author-contributions-by-anton-affentranger","10":"author-contributions-by-daniel-latsch","11":"author-contributions-by-frederic-mori","12":"author-edited-by-richard-von-tscharner","13":"author-foreword-by-doris-leuthard","14":"publisher-scheidegger-und-spiess-ag-verlag","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"shipping-taxable","19":"purchasable","20":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alpine Passes of Switzerland - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: Alpine Passes of Switzerland, Pages: 264 Pages, Publish Date: 10th Nov 2023, Author: By (photographer) Richard von Tscharner, Contributions by Anton Affentranger, Contributions by Daniel L\u00e4tsch, Contributions by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric M\u00f6ri, Edited by Richard von Tscharner, Foreword by Doris Leuthard, ISBN: 9783039421626. 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