Basel and Lucerne: Quest for the Crossroads

Quest for the Crossroads investigates how a daunting route over the Gotthard pass in the Alps, down through central Switzerland along Lake Lucerne and north to Basel on the Rhine River became a main trade route from Italy to Northern Europe and the world. How did this route become the link for goods, ideas, and people? Today Basel and Lucerne are hubs for commerce, democracy and freedom.