Ua ʻike ka poʻe kālaihonua Swiss e hana ana i ka ʻeli ʻana ma ka mālama kūlohelohe ʻo Schaarenwald am Rhein ma mua o kēia makahiki i kahi o kahi hale kiaʻi Roma kahiko.
He kahua ia i hoʻopuni ʻia e ka moat (ua hoʻoikaika ʻia paha me ka palisade a i ʻole nā hale lāʻau ʻē aʻe), kokoke i ka huinaha, ʻehiku a ʻehiku mau mika, ʻo kona mau paia ma kahi o hoʻokahi mika ka mānoanoa. Me he mea lā ua kūkulu ka poʻe Roma i kēia hale i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 3 - i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 4 e pale i ka palena ʻākau o ke aupuni mai nā hoʻouka ʻana e nā ʻohana Kelemania. Ua maopopo kēia mai kahi leka ma ka pūnaewele o ka Swiss canton o Thurgau. ʻO ka hale kiaʻi i hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia paha ka ʻōnaehana o nā pā kaua he nui i kūkulu ʻia e nā Roma ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale hou o Basel a me Stein am Rhein - ma ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo High Rhine, i kēia manawa e holo ana i ka palena ma waena o Switzerland a me Kelemānia.
Ma mua, ua ʻike mua ʻia nā koena o kahi hale kiaʻi nānā, a me nā mea hōʻike ʻē aʻe o ka noho ʻana o Roma - no ka laʻana, nā ʻāpana kālā a i ʻole nā mea maʻamau o nā lako - ua loaʻa i loko o ka waihona noiʻi. ʻO ka mea i loaʻa i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole nui i ola a hiki i kēia lā. ʻO kēia ka nui o nā koena moka a me kahi pōhaku liʻiliʻi. ʻO ke kumu paha ua hoʻohiolo ʻia ka hale no ka hoʻohana hou ʻana i ka mea kūkulu hale.
E hoʻomanaʻo kākou aia ma Switzerland kekahi mauna Forbidden, kahi i pili me ka noho Roma ma aneʻi - Pilatus.
Ua kapaia ka mauna mamuli o Ponetio Pilato, ke kiaaina Roma nana i hoopai ia Iesu e make. No laila, no ka poʻe kamaʻāina, he mea weliweli a pohihihi, a ke ʻōlelo nei nā kaʻao ua noho ʻia e nā ʻuhane a me nā pilikua. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ʻo ka ʻuhane o ke aliʻi Roma nāna i hoʻohewa iā Iesū e make, ua puʻuhonua i kekahi o nā loko mauna. No nā makahiki, ua hewa ka ʻuhane no nā ʻino ma ke kuahiwi.
I ka makahiki 1387, ʻo ka makaʻu iā ia, ua pāpā ke aupuni o Lucerne i ka piʻi ʻana o Pilatus, a ʻaʻole i kāpae ʻia kēia pāpā a hiki i kekahi mau keneturi ma hope.
ʻO Pilatus, i kapa ʻia ʻo Mont Pilatus) he mauna limestone ma ka ʻāina ʻo Emmental Alps, kokoke i Lake Firwald. Ua lei ʻia e kekahi mau piko, ʻo Tomlishorn ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa (2128 m). Aia ia ma ka hema o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lucerne, kahi e hiki ai ke hele maʻalahi.
