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Over 3000 bunkers, built between 1882 and 1995, are scattered around Swizerland. Over the course of four years, Leo Fabrizio has documented these military strongholds. Real fortresses camouflaged amidst the rocks, hidden behind greenery and beneath improbable decorations, the Swiss bunkers, through a series of unconventional images, bear witness to an "armed neutrality" and provide a useful instrument for analysing the relationship between landscape and architecture.

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House bunkers, wall bunkers, rock bunkers.

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» Les bunkers suisses from Empyrée

Voici qui devrait plaire aux Suisses qui me lisent : Plus de trois-mille bunkers, construits entre 1882 et 1995, sont éparpillés sur le territoire de la Suisse. Quatre années durant, Leo Fabrizio a documenté ces places-fortes militaires. Vrais... Read More

» Schweizer Bunker from Rondua blog

Das wehrhafte Alpenvölkchen hat das ganze Land mit Bunkern gepflastert und diese gut versteckt. Der Fotograf Leo Fabrizio hat eine Reihe für seine Diplomarbeit entdeckt und fotografiert. Wunderbar sind die Bemühungen, die Bunker als normale Häuser oder al Read More

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Bertrand

So Enki Bilal's Bunker Palace Hotel really exists then...

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