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Mont Cenis

Also known as Col du Mont Cenis

Mont Cenis is a pass at about 2,080 metres in the western Alps, linking the Maurienne valley in Savoy with the Susa valley in Piedmont. It was one of the main routes between France and Italy in the Middle Ages, controlled by the margraves of Turin and later the house of Savoy. Napoleon built a road over it between 1803 and 1810.

Mont Cenis
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mont Cenis. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mont-cenis
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