Great St Bernard Pass
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The Great St Bernard Pass is the third highest road pass in Switzerland, at an elevation of 2,469 m. It connects Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland with Aosta in the region Aosta Valley i
View of the pass and hospice from Great St Bernard Lake with Mont Vélan in background
View of the pass from the international border. A Swiss Customs post is visible on the left
Great St Bernard Hospice at the top of the Great St Bernard Pass, occupying both sides of the modern road. The old Roman road, serving as hiking path, is visible on the left.
St Bernard dog with barrel
Great St Bernard Tunnel
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The Great St Bernard Tunnel is a road tunnel complementing the Great St Bernard Pass, linking Martigny with Aosta.
Great St Bernard Pass
…Paul Delaroche's Bonaparte Crossing the Alps, both notable oil paintings. Having been bypassed by easier and more practical routes, particularly the Great St Bernard Tunnel, a road tunnel which opened in 1964, its value today is mainly historical and recreational. Straddling the highest point of the road, the Great St…
Italian side of the tunnel