- The Mont Cenis Pass is one of the highest mountain passes in the Alps and has an Altitude of 6,834 ft (2,083m).
- The Pass connects Susa and Turin in Italy, with Grenoble (Cularo) and Chambery in France.
History
- The Pass was situated in the Roman Province of Alpes Cottiae.
- It was the route used by Constantine I to invade Italia from Gaul in 312 CE.
- More recently in 1794, Napoleon Bonaparte used the Mont Cenis Pass to invade Italy. Napoleon built a road in 1806 and the route is now part of the Route Nationale 6.
- In 1868, the Mont Cenis Pass Rail tunnel was opened, but closed in 1871 when it was replaced by the Frejus Rail tunnel.
Other Passes in Alpes Cottiae
- Mont Genevre Pass
- This was officially opened in 77 BCE.
- It carried the Via Domitia from Gaul into Italia.
- It was kept open for longer than other Passes as it was lower and therefore possibly the likely route taken by Hannibal in 218 BCE.
- Maddalena Pass was in Alpes Maritimae which separated the Cottian Alps from the Maritime Alps
- Little Mont Cenis Pass, and several others.
Mont Cenis Pass, France