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Simplon Pass

The Simplon Pass is an Alpine pass at about 2,005 metres between Brig in the Swiss canton of Valais and Domodossola in Italy. It was a medieval trade route, controlled in the 17th century by the Brig merchant Kaspar Stockalper. Napoleon had a carriage road built over it between 1801 and 1805, and the Simplon railway tunnel beneath the area opened in 1906.

Simplon Pass
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Simplon Pass. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/simplon-pass
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