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ISS061-E-13443 - View of Switzerland - Zermatt - valley Mattertal - Dent Blanche - Dent d'Hérens - Matterhorn - Breithorn - Lyskamm - Monte Rosa - Feegletscher (Fee Glacier) - Saas-Fee Valley
ISS061-E-13443 - View of Switzerland - Zermatt - valley Mattertal - Dent Blanche - Dent d'Hérens - Matterhorn - Breithorn - Lyskamm - Monte Rosa - Feegletscher (Fee Glacier) - Saas-Fee Valley. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- ISS061-E-13443 - View of Switzerland - Zermatt - valley Mattertal - Dent Blanche - Dent d'Hérens - Matterhorn - Breithorn - Lyskamm - Monte Rosa - Feegletscher (Fee Glacier) - Saas-Fee Valley
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Saas-Fee
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Saas-Fee.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Saas-Fee (German: ) is the main village in the Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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1304
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
Saas-Fee is first mentioned in 1304 as vee.
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1951
A route reaches Saas-Fee
The decision to exclude most motor vehicles was made by the village at the time of the construction of the road from Saas Grund in 1951 in order to eliminate air pollution.
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Fee Glacier
Fee Glacier (Feegletscher) above Saas Fee. Summer ski. View from Mittelallalin. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Fee Glacier (Feegletscher) above Saas Fee. Summer ski. View from Mittelallalin
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- Open-licence photograph
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ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
It is a classic ski resort characterised by well-preserved Swiss wood architecture and a car-free city centre.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Saas-Fee is recorded at 46.109° N, 7.928° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,573 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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ISS061-E-13443 - View of Switzerland - Zermatt - valley Mattertal - Dent Blanche - Dent d'Hérens - Matterhorn - Breithorn - Lyskamm - Monte Rosa - Feegletscher (Fee Glacier) - Saas-Fee Valley
ISS061-E-13443 - View of Switzerland - Zermatt - valley Mattertal - Dent Blanche - Dent d'Hérens - Matterhorn - Breithorn - Lyskamm - Monte Rosa - Feegletscher (Fee Glacier) - Saas-Fee Valley. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- ISS061-E-13443 - View of Switzerland - Zermatt - valley Mattertal - Dent Blanche - Dent d'Hérens - Matterhorn - Breithorn - Lyskamm - Monte Rosa - Feegletscher (Fee Glacier) - Saas-Fee Valley
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
TODAY
Saas-Fee now
This appears to be an artistic device as the cable car, now replaced by a more modern version, runs between the edge of Saas-Fee and Felskinn which is considerably above the normal height for residential buildings.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
ISS061-E-13443 - View of Switzerland - Zermatt - valley Mattertal - Dent Blanche - Dent d'Hérens - Matterhorn - Breithorn - Lyskamm - Monte Rosa - Feegletscher (Fee Glacier) - Saas-Fee Valley
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Fee Glacier
AOD.EU.SAAS-FEE.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Saas-Fee overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.