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Col de Tende ( (el. 1870 m.) is a high mountain pass
Mountain pass

In a range of hills, or especially of mountain range, a pass is a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. If following the lowest possible route through a mountain range, a pass is locally the highest point on that route....
 in the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
, on the border of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
.

It separates the Maritime Alps
Maritime Alps

The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They form the border between the France d?partement in France Alpes-Maritimes and the Italy province of Cuneo....
 from the Ligurian Alps
Ligurian Alps

The Ligurian Alps are a mountain range in northwestern Italy. They form the south-western extremity of the Alps, separated from the Apennine Mountains by the Colle di Cadibona....
. It connects Nice
Nice

Nice is a city in Southern France France located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, between Marseille, France, and Genoa, Italy, with 1,197,751 inhabitants in the 2007 estimate....
 and Tende
Tende

Tende is a Communes of France in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in southeastern France....
 in Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes is a departments of France in the extreme southeast corner of France....
 with Cuneo
Cuneo

Cuneo is a city in Piedmont, northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy?s provinces by area. It is located at the foot of the Maritime Alps, on the Stura di Demonte river where it emerges from the Valle Stura, and neighbours the comuni of Boves, Cervasca, Vignolo, Beinette, Peveragno, Castelletto Stura,...
 in Piedmont
Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
.

A railway tunnel inaugurated in 1898 and a road tunnel inaugurated in 1882 run under the pass. The latter tunnel is 3.2 kilometre long and is among the oldest long road tunnels.

In 'A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times',Volume I.






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Col de Tende ( (el. 1870 m.) is a high mountain pass
Mountain pass

In a range of hills, or especially of mountain range, a pass is a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. If following the lowest possible route through a mountain range, a pass is locally the highest point on that route....
 in the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
, on the border of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
.

It separates the Maritime Alps
Maritime Alps

The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They form the border between the France d?partement in France Alpes-Maritimes and the Italy province of Cuneo....
 from the Ligurian Alps
Ligurian Alps

The Ligurian Alps are a mountain range in northwestern Italy. They form the south-western extremity of the Alps, separated from the Apennine Mountains by the Colle di Cadibona....
. It connects Nice
Nice

Nice is a city in Southern France France located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, between Marseille, France, and Genoa, Italy, with 1,197,751 inhabitants in the 2007 estimate....
 and Tende
Tende

Tende is a Communes of France in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in southeastern France....
 in Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes is a departments of France in the extreme southeast corner of France....
 with Cuneo
Cuneo

Cuneo is a city in Piedmont, northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy?s provinces by area. It is located at the foot of the Maritime Alps, on the Stura di Demonte river where it emerges from the Valle Stura, and neighbours the comuni of Boves, Cervasca, Vignolo, Beinette, Peveragno, Castelletto Stura,...
 in Piedmont
Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
.

A railway tunnel inaugurated in 1898 and a road tunnel inaugurated in 1882 run under the pass. The latter tunnel is 3.2 kilometre long and is among the oldest long road tunnels.

In 'A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times',Volume I. of VI, states that the road was first developed by Phoenicians and later maintained by Greeks and Romans.

"But, at the end of three or four centuries, these colonies fell into decay; the trade of the Phoenicians was withdrawn from Gaul, and the only important sign it preserved of their residence was a road which, starting from the eastern Pyrenees, skirted the Gallic portion of the Mediterranean, crossed the Alps by the pass of Tenda, and so united Spain, Gaul, and Italy. After the withdrawal of the Phoenicians this road was kept up and repaired, at first by the Greeks of Marseilles, and subsequently by the Romans."

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