Inside fort Foppa Grande

This content was published on January 27, 2016 - 11:00

The filmmaker from Italy, who was raised in Africa, calls Switzerland home now. Carlo studied film directing at the Italian National Film School, worked as a documentary editor and director/producer in Berlin and Vienna. He crafts multimedia into engaging narratives. 

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The position of the Swiss fort, at 1,540 metres above sea level on the southern side of the Gotthard pass, allows for keeping watch over the Val Formazza, in Italy. The building was completed in 1942 and subsequently extended. It can shelter around 50 men. (Photos: Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch)

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