Ink and watercolour ground plan of the Riva San Vitale Baptistery by Albert Naef (1925).
Experts from the Federal Commission for Monument Preservation (FCMP) appointed by the Federal Council have been overseeing protective measures in the fields of historic monuments preservation, archaeological, nature and heritage protection since 1915. The resulting documentation is systematically collected.
Content and scope
Files, applications, appraisals and correspondence from the work of the FCMP, supplemented by photographs, sketches and plans
Manuscript minutes and notebooks from the early days of monument preservation, in some cases meticulously illustrated with watercolour images
Collection principles
Documenting the FCMP’s advisory work in the fields of monument preservation, archaeological, nature and heritage protection.
Research and access
A large proportion of the documentation has been catalogued and can be researched in the HelveticArchives database.
Originals can be viewed in the Prints and Drawings Department by prior appointment.
Some of the – mainly old – files have not been catalogued and are difficult to access.
Federal Commission for Monument Preservation (FCMP): collection of images marking the 100th anniversary in 2015
Lucerne, maison Corragioni, peinture de Paul Ganz et Robert Durrer, 1898.
La Bâtiaz, château, plan des étages, lavis, A. Girardet, 1903.
Riva San Vitale, baptistère, relevé, dessin à l'encre aquarellé d'Albert Naef, 1925.
Promontogno, Castelmur, fouilles à proximité de Lan Müraia avec, en arrière-plan, l'équipe de fouille, photographie Kd. Giovanoli, 1927.
Abbaye cistercienne d'Hauterive, fouilles face à l'aile est du cloître, photographie Frédéric Broillet, 1910.
Estavayer-le-Lac, château de Chenaux durant les travaux de restauration, photographie Frédéric Broillet, 1919.
Martigny, fouilles romaines, journal de fouilles illustré par Albert Naef, 1897/1898.
Spiringen, vue du village avec l'église catholique St-Michel, photographie E. Hahn, 1912.
Müstair, vue de la chapelle de la Sainte-Croix avec le cimetière au premier plan, photographie Robert Durrer, environ 1905.
Bellinzona, palais municipal, photographie archive Josef Zemp, 1942.
Scuol, village supérieur (Scuol Sura), dessin au crayon de Johann Rudolf Rahn, 1904.
Lausanne, cathédrale, échaufadage pour la restauration et le changement de couverture de la tour-lanterne, photographie André Kern, 1927.
St-Ursanne, collégiale, vue extérieure, photographie de Rudolf Fechter, 1899.
Eglise du monastère de St-Urban, piliers muraux et galeries avec décoration en stuc du maître de Wessobrunn Franz Schmutzer, photographie archive Josef Zemp, avant 1910.
