The Gotthard Pass or St. Gotthard Pass (Italian: Passo del San Gottardo; German: Gotthardpass) at 2,106 m (6,909 ft) is a mountain pass in the Alps traversing...
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1 The battle of (the) Gotthard Pass, also known as the battle of the St. Gotthard Pass or the battle of the St. Gotthard (Russian: Сражение за Сен-Готард;...
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The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT; German: Gotthard-Basistunnel, Italian: Galleria di base del San Gottardo, Romansh: Tunnel da basa dal Sogn Gottard) is...
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south, and is 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) in length below the St Gotthard Pass, a major pass of the Alps. At time of construction, in 1980, it was the longest...
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Suvorov's Swiss campaign (redirect from Suvorov Crossing the St. Gotthard Pass)
repeatedly defeated the French in Italy between April and August, crossed St. Gotthard under the command of Field Marshal Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky...
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Saint-Gotthard Massif Gotthard Pass, a mountain pass between Airolo (Ticino) and Andermatt (Uri) in Switzerland Tunnels underneath Gotthard Pass: Gotthard Rail Tunnel...
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Nufenen Pass on the west, by the Furka Pass and the Oberalp Pass on the north and by the Lukmanier Pass on the east. The eponymous Gotthard Pass, lying...
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Gotthard Pass. It was built as single bore tunnel accommodating a standard gauge double-track railway throughout. When opened in 1882, the Gotthard Tunnel...
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BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ). The name comes from the Matterhorn and St. Gotthard Pass. Its network is 144 km (89.5 mi) long and stretches from Disentis in...
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the Gotthard railway. Forts similar to those of Belgian military engineer Henri Alexis Brialmont were built at Airolo, the Oberalp Pass, Furka Pass, and...
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The Gotthard railway (German: Gotthardbahn; Italian: Ferrovia del Gottardo) is the Swiss trans-alpine railway line from northern Switzerland to the canton...
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(IVS). It connects the municipality of Airolo (1175 m a.s.l.) to the Gotthard Pass (2106 m a.s.l.). One of the highest paved roads in Europe, located on...
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Gotthard (or Godehard) (960 – 5 May 1038 AD; Latin: Gotthardus, Godehardus), also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop, was a German bishop venerated...
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Saint-Gotthard Massif (Italian: Massiccio del San Gottardo), a mountain range in the Alps Gotthard Pass (Italian: Passo del San Gottardo), a mountain pass in...
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that frequently, such as in the case of the Teufelsbrücke at the St Gotthard Pass, these bridges were built under such challenging conditions that successful...
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Airolo (section St Gotthard Tunnel Memorial)
the St. Gotthard Pass. Both the Gotthard rail tunnel, on the important Gotthard railway linking northern and southern Europe, and the Gotthard road tunnel...
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Lepontine Alps (section List of passes)
arteries. The eastern portion of the Lepontine Alps, from the St Gotthard Pass to the Splügen Pass, is named the Adula Alps, while the western part is historically...
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The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss between the St. Gotthard Pass and Lake Lucerne. The official language of Uri is (the Swiss variety...
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St Bernard, the St Gotthard, the Septimer and the Brenner. As time went on the Alpine passes were improved to make travel easier. A few passes (e.g. the Semmering...
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Alps (redirect from Peaks and passes of the Alps)
Tende, the Gotthard Pass, the Semmering Pass, the Simplon Pass, and the Stelvio Pass. Crossing the Italian-Austrian border, the Brenner Pass separates...
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the Alps played an important role in history. The region north of St Gotthard Pass became the nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the early 14th century...
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three Alpine passes: the Oberalp Pass (6,706 ft; 2,044 m.) to the east, the St Gotthard Pass (6,909 ft; 2,106 m.) to the south and the Furka Pass (7,992 ft;...
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the north and Andermatt to the south. It provides access to the St Gotthard Pass. Enclosed by sheer granite walls, its road and railway require several...
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had their own independent states surrounding the St. Gotthard Pass, an important mountain pass that created an efficient traveling shortcut between Germany...
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exhibits. A life-size equestrian statue was unveiled in 1999 on the St. Gotthard Pass.[citation needed] Suvorov victorious at the Battle of Trebbia. Alexander...
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bank of the river Lech in the east and up to Chiavenna (Kleven) and Gotthard Pass in the south. The name of the larger stem duchy was often used interchangeably...
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Steve Lee (singer) (redirect from Steve Lee (Gotthard singer))
Krokus, Chris von Rohr, the band changed its name to Gotthard, a name inspired by the Gotthard Pass. In 2007, Lee was contacted by Arjen Anthony Lucassen...
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Milan, to improve his lines of communication (via the Simplon and St Gotthard passes) and to threaten Melas's lines of communication with Mantua and Vienna...
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Zermatt Gotthard Massif, with the Gotthard Pass at its heart, notable for the historic Gotthard routes (north–south axis), the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn railway...
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continents. The Gotthard is a strategic mountain pass of Central Switzerland and Ticino since the 13th century. Several tunnels underneath the Gotthard connect...
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