Tall Stories 486: The towering beauty of Switzerland’s Grande Dixence Dam

from The Urbanist · host Monocle

Jessica Bridger marvels at the tallest dam in Europe, which was constructed in the 1950s and supplies about 20 per cent of Switzerland’s stored energy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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