The Alps are Europe’s biggest mountain range and lie right at the heart of the continent. They stretch across eight countries: France, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Austria ...
The climbing victims - believed to be Swiss - were found in the Bern canton of the Swiss Alps. Italian media also reported the death of an Italian mountaineering guide, Mario Castiglioni ...
Dutch artists Alfons and Adrie Kennis created an Oetzi lookalike High in a remote area of the Oetztaler Alps in northern Italy, 5,300 years ago, Oetzi the Iceman was shot in the back with an arrow.