The Gotthard Tunnel: Innovation at the cost of its builder's life

Louis Favre bet on revolutionary techniques to build the Gotthard Tunnel in the 19th century.

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His premature death during construction made him a tragic hero of industrial progress.

This iconic project embodies the spirit of technical conquest of the industrial era.

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