The Stockalper Castle, built from 1649 by Kaspar Stockalper vom Thurm on the old Simplon Pass road, is the largest secular baroque building in Switzerland today. In the monumental complex, the massive main wing, the fortified granite towers and the magnificent arcaded courtyard come together to form an exciting whole.
The holdings of the castle museum include collections on the Stockalper family, the history of the Simplon Pass and railroad line, as well as exhibits on Upper Valais folklore and cultural history. On the first floor, the exhibition "Passage Simplon" sheds light on the eventful history of the Simplon Pass. Achievements in traffic engineering, such as the construction of the Simplon Tunnel or the operation of the national road over the pass, are presented just as vividly as the first crossing of the Alps by airplane from Brig to Domodossola or the far-reaching invention of the first tar coating for road construction by the doctor Guglielminetti from Brig. A special room is dedicated to the builder.


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