Discover | Sasso SanGottardo

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Exhibitions

Highlights

Crystal World
The Magical Chamber
Image Machine „Redoubt“
Gotthard Myth
Energy Cavern

New in 2022: from 4 July 2022 we will host the first permanent exhibition in Switzerland dedicated to Goethe's three journeys over the Gotthard!

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Giant crystals.

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Magical jewelry and precious cultural treasures made from pure rock crystal

Tullio Zanovello’s Image Machine narrates historical stories of the Gotthard in moving pictures accompanied by music.The 1.5 tonne wonder is unique in the world.

At the centre of the Gotthard Myth is a model of the legendary Gotthard fortress. But how did the 'Gotthard Myth' come about and how did its significance change over time?

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Historic Fortress

Highlights

Metro del Sasso
Troops accommodation (Billet)
Fire Direction Centre (FDC)
Cold War exhibition
Ammunition depot
General Guisan exhibition
Fortress artillery
Machine gun post
Panorama-terrace

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Swiftly climb 475 steps up to the historic fortress!

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The historic fortress has been preserved in its original state. Here you can feel the breath of history!

Fire Direction centre – firing data (range, trajectory and shell/fuse info) was computed from here.

Gotthard military exercise, Warsaw Pact and 99 Red Balloons – The Cold War. Our exhibition points out the importance of the Gotthard fortress during the Cold War when Europe was divided and the world scraped past a nuclear war.

General Guisan lead the Swiss Army through WWII and initiated the construction of the Gotthard fortress. Exciting background information about an outstanding personality of Swiss history.

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Thousands of shells were stored in the huge ammunition depots.

Equiped with four heavy canons (Fortress canon 43, calibre 15cm ) the Gotthard fortress had enormous fire power.

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Seemingly endless tunnels suddenly lead out to our Panorama terrace.

Specials

Highlights

Adventure tour
Custodians of the Fortress tour
Family event: Crystal search

Equipped with helmet and headlamp our adventure tour takes you to remote, normally inaccessible sectors of the fortress.

The fortress also includes external defences such as this bunker. On our fortress guard tour we will also show you these hidden installations!

Just like marmots, we also hide ourselves in a kind of cave!

Impressions

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