Simplon Pass (French: Col du Simplon; German: Simplonpass; Italian: Passo del Sempione; Lombard: Pass del Sempion; 2,006 m or 6,581 ft; Romansh: Pass...

Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps, providing a shortcut under the Simplon Pass route. It is straight except for short curves at either end. It consists...

Simplon is the name of a region in the Alps, and can refer to: Simplon Pass, high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland...

building of a hospice on top of the Simplon Pass. The hospice has always been run by the Canons of Saint Augustine. The Simplon Hospice is located 1,998 m (6...

Sempione may refer to: Passo del Sempione, Italian for Simplon Pass Sempione goat, breed of domestic goat from the mountains of Piemonte in north-western...

Simplon (French: [sɛ̃.plɔ̃]) was a department of the First French Empire. It was named after the Simplon Pass (Italian: Passo del Sempione). It was formed...

eyes he liked to show pictures of the proud landmark at the top of the Simplon pass: the mighty granite eagle, which was established under his skilled management...

Brig district, on the south side of the Simplon Pass near the Italian border. It consists of the village of Simplon and the hamlets of Gabi, Egga and Maschihüs...

Porte de Clignancourt. It takes its name from the Rue du Simplon, named after the Simplon Pass in the Lepontine Alps, location of one of the longest railroad...

9 over the Simplon Pass. SBB offers car loading (Autoverlad) to Italy, via the Simplon tunnel and Iselle di Trasquera. By SBB line (Simplon line),...

The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE) is a private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities. It is currently owned by Belmond...

Great St Bernard Pass is one of the only two road axis connecting Valais with northern Italy, the other axis being the Simplon Pass. The pass runs northwest–southeast...

cross a second pass in order to reach the plains, e.g. the Montgenèvre, that is most directly reached by the Col du Lautaret; and the Simplon, which is best...

in the late 19th century. In 1878, the Simplon Railway connected Brig, the last town before the Simplon Pass, from Lausanne and Geneva and other major...

Simplon Pass) Lepontine Alps (from Simplon Pass to Splügen Pass) Bernese Alps (north of the Rhône to the Grimsel Pass) Urner Alps (from Grimsel Pass to...

the Gotthard Pass, the Semmering Pass, the Simplon Pass, and the Stelvio Pass. Crossing the Italian-Austrian border, the Brenner Pass separates the Ötztal...

Septimer Pass Colle Sestriere Colle dei Signori – Italy/France Simplon Pass Soboth (Soboški prelaz) – Austria Splügen Pass Great St Bernard Pass Little...

First Consul Napoleon had felt the need to better secure the strategic Simplon Pass in Valais since the Battle of Marengo in 1800, as a passage from France...

the north, from the Simplon Pass to the Splügen Pass. With the single exception of the Monte Leone, overlooking the Simplon Pass, the summits of this...

(56 mi) northwest of Milan. It is situated on road and rail routes to the Simplon Pass. The name of the town first appeared in documents on 15 January AD 998...

baron Kaspar Stockalper. The prosperity of Brig is bound up with the Simplon Pass, so that it gradually supplanted the more ancient village of Naters opposite...

in 1882, by building the Gotthard Rail Tunnel, followed in 1906 by the Simplon Tunnel and 1913 by the Lötschberg Tunnel, and more recently, in 2007, by...

[11,683 ft]). Climbing the pass requires about 5 hours and is generally a fairly easy hike. It runs from the old Simplon Hospice, a Swiss heritage site...

band and another for the 40-metre band. The antennas were tested on Simplon Pass at an altitude of 2,040 metres. The structure of the HB9XBG antenna was...

Their territory included the southern slopes of the St. Gotthard Pass and Simplon Pass, corresponding roughly to present-day Ossola and Ticino. A map of...

France and Italy it also passes through Switzerland, via Geneva and Lausanne. After crossing into Italy (shortly after the Simplon Pass, the highest point on...

between Milan and Brig (a Swiss city of German language) through the Simplon Pass (Italian: Sempione). The Domodossola–Locarno railway is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)...

Snow thrower on Simplon Pass...

dip to the east to the Simplon Pass. It is in the portion of the watershed between the Grande St Bernard Pass and the Simplon that the main chain maintains...

Monte Leone, in the Simplon Pass area. Politically the Wasenhorn is split between the municipalities of Ried-Brig and Varzo. The Simplon Tunnel runs into...