Bunker near Mels

A military bunker located near Mels in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The site is part of Switzerland's extensive national bunker network, a strategic infrastructure developed throughout the 20th century to uphold the country's policy of armed neutrality and provide nationwide civil defense. While the specific history and purpose of this individual structure are not detailed in the available sources, it represents the widespread fortification efforts that resulted in hundreds of thousands of bunkers across the Swiss landscape.