¬The¬ Little Saint Bernard, the Mont Genèvre, the Mont Cenis, the Mont Saint Gothard, the Great Saint Bernard, and the Stelvio.- (Illustrations of the passes of the Alps ; Vol. 1)
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Autor:
Brockedon, William / by William Brockedon
Ort:
London
Verlag:
Print. for the author, sold by Rodwell
Umfang:
Getr. Zählung ; zahlr. Ill.
Sprache:
Englisch
Anmerkungen:
Illustrations of the passes of the Alps : by which Italy communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany
Signatur:
III 83.717/1
Intern-ID:
333558
hospice has been attributed by some to Louis the Débonnaire, by others to Charlemagne, whose uncle Bernard, an illegitimate son of Charles Martel, led a division of the invading army of Charlemagne over the Great Saint Bernard, when he went to attack Lombardy. The present name of the pass, Saussure supposes, might have been derived from this Bernard ; but there was another of the name, an illegitimate son of Pepin, to whom Charlemagne left the king dom of Italy. To him may rather be attributed the
an earlier abbé of this convent, Vnltgaire, in 832 ; and the annals of Bertin state, that Lothaire the Second, king of Lorraine, in 859, made a treaty with his brother, the emperor, Louis the Second, by which he ceded to him Geneva, Lausanne, and Sion, but reserved particularly l’Mspital du Saint Bernard, which proves, says Saussure, the importance of this passage, and the name which it bore.
