Alps Gallery

Hannibal crossing the Alps with his army and elephants

SECOND PUNIC WAR : Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, descending into Italy after crossing the Alps with his army, including war elephants. It was a long journey, starting in Iberia, and crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps into northern Italy

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Hannibal and his army crosses the Alps

Hannibal and his army crosses the Alps - an epic overland journey from Carthage to Italy during the Second Punic War in Italy (218-203 BC). Two of Hannibal's war elephants are pictured. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

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Curling at Crans Montana, Switzerland

Postcard showing a scene at the Swiss ski and winter sports resort, Crans Montana in the Swiss Alps with some presumably well-known curling experts of the 1930s, including Walker and Worthington

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