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St. Bernard of Menthon. He founded the monastery and hostel in 1049 to help travellers making their ...
St. Bernard of Menthon. He founded the monastery and hostel in 1049 to help travellers making their way over the mountains. Subsequently, the eponymous dog breed was created here to help with mountain rescue. As far as I'm aware, the dogs never really carried brandy. It wouldn't help.


UTC Time: 11:22, Sunday 07 June 2009
Local Time: 13:22, Sunday 07 June 2009
Estimate of longitude: 7° 9' 55.83" E = 7.165508°
Estimate of latitude: 45° 52' 7.35" N = 45.868709°
Possible error on position estimate: 20 metres