“Steinmandli” (little stone man) by Swiss sculptor Ugo Rondinone was unveiled on Thursday on a new roundabout at the entrance to Andermatt, a tourism destination in canton Uri.
The 22-tonne granite sculpture was commissioned by Egyptian businessman Samih Sawiris, who has invested heavily in the village, including in the luxury hotel The Chedi.
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The 600-year-old tradition has nothing to do with evil spirits or terrifying fertility rituals but, perhaps surprisingly, with avalanche protection. In the Middle Ages Andermatt, in central Switzerland, was covered in trees, but as the local population worked their way through these – to build houses and to keep warm – the threat from landslides…
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Sawiris said the losses of CHF7 million ($7.1 million) recorded during the first six months of this year and the slow sale of holiday apartments did not alarm him. In a syndicated interview with the Tages-Anzeiger and Der Bund newspapers on Tuesday, Sawiris said his optimism was confirmed by a successful bond issue of CHF50…
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Naked concrete, exposed wires, and dust everywhere, yet little to indicate that the site will someday be a luxurious hotel. Each journalist gets a hardhat, but it doesn’t prevent some of them from stumbling as they try to get their bearings in chilly rooms labelled “Foyer” and “Wine Cellar”. The head of construction leads them…
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