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Sebastiansplatz (2)At the end of the square, the Chavez Fountain features a statue of Icarus in tribute to the Peruvian pilot Geo Chavez, who was the first to cross the Alps by plane. He set off from Ried-Brigue in September 1910 and was due to land in Domodossola, but shortly before landing, the two wings of his Blériot folded and the aircraft plummeted some 20 metres to the ground, killing the pilot.
