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    The Great St Bernard Pass (French: Col du Grand St-Bernard, Italian: Colle del Gran San Bernardo, German: Grosser Sankt Bernhard; Romansh: Pass del Grond...
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  • St Bernard Pass may refer to: Great St Bernard Pass crosses the Valais Alps between Martigny, Switzerland and Aosta, Italy Little St Bernard Pass lies...
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    hospice of the Great St Bernard Pass on the Italian-Swiss border. The hospice, built by and named after the Alpine monk Saint Bernard of Menthon, acquired...
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    The Little St Bernard Pass (French: Col du Petit Saint-Bernard, Italian: Colle del Piccolo San Bernardo) is a mountain pass in the Alps on the France–Italy...
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  • saint, Frankish founder of the hostel at Great St Bernard Pass, and namesake of the famous dog breed Bernard of Thiron (1046–1117), Catholic saint, French...
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    crossing that Napoleon and his army made along the Alps through the Great St Bernard Pass in May 1800. It has become one of the most commonly reproduced images...
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    Bernhard), named after its founder Bernard of Menthon, is a hospice and hostel for travelers at the Great St Bernard Pass in Switzerland. At an elevation...
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    Saint Bernard of Menthon or Bernard of Aosta was a Burgundian Catholic priest and founder of the Great St Bernard Hospice, as well as its associated Canons...
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    Grosser-Sankt-Bernhard-Tunnel) is a road tunnel complementing the Great St Bernard Pass, linking Martigny (in the Swiss canton of Valais) with Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses...
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    Pass, the Col de Montgenèvre, the Col du Mont Cenis, the two St Bernard passes (Little St Bernard Pass and Great St Bernard Pass), the Splügen Pass,...
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    Bernardo) is a mountain lake of the Pennine Alps, located south-west of Great St Bernard Pass. It is divided between Switzerland (canton of Valais) and Italy...
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    the hospice at Great St. Bernard Pass was significantly altered by introducing other mastiff types, including the Newfoundland and Great Dane, and was...
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    passes. The most important passes are the Col de l'Iseran (the highest), the Col Agnel, the Brenner Pass, the Mont-Cenis, the Great St. Bernard Pass,...
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    Alps it is not to be confused with the Great St Bernard Pass and the Little St Bernard Pass. The top of the pass represents both the Italo-German language...
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    present-day Afghanistan-Pakistan border on the ancient Silk Road, the Great St. Bernard Pass at 2,473 metres (8,114 ft) in the Alps, the Chang La at 5,360 metres...
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    Napoleon "calm on a spirited horse" rather than a mule, crossing Great St. Bernard Pass. As part of his 1798 campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars...
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    Saint Maurice (redirect from St.Maurice)
    bagaudae. The Theban Legion was dispatched with orders to clear the Great St Bernard Pass across the Alps. Before going into battle, they were instructed...
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    Monte Rosa has a topographic prominence of 2,165 m (7,103 ft), the Great St Bernard Pass being the lowest col between it and the culminating point of the...
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    Pennine Alps (section Passes)
    Po. The Swiss side is drained by the Rhône. The Great St Bernard Tunnel, under the Great St Bernard Pass, leads from Martigny, Switzerland to Aosta. The...
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    and the Great St Bernard Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great and Little St Bernard Pass routes...
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    the city. In mid-May, Bonaparte led the Reserve Army across the Great St Bernard Pass and into the Aosta Valley. After encountering a serious delay at...
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  • United States Bernard Terminal, a bus terminal in the York Region Transit/VIVA system in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Great St Bernard Pass, the third...
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  • through the pass of Moncenisio, Bernard led his through the Great St. Bernard Pass. He then participated in the Siege of Pavia. Bernard was prominent...
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    joining Italy, France and Switzerland. One road links it over the Great St. Bernard Pass to Aosta (Italy), and the other over the col de la Forclaz to Chamonix...
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    d'Aosta region of the northwestern Alps. The latter controlled the Great St Bernard pass, the shortest route between Italy and the Upper Rhine region. The...
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    and Saint-Maurice. From Saint-Maurice, the route traverses the Great St. Bernard Pass to Aosta and then to Ivrea, Vercelli, Pavia, Fidenza, Pontremoli...
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    had been ordered to raise the siege because Bonaparte had crossed Great St Bernard Pass and was now threatening the main Austrian army. Describing the situation...
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    Le Châble. From Sembrancher (near Le Châble) a road leads to the Great St. Bernard Pass and another to Martigny or to the Col de la Forclaz. Verbier is...
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    Chelengk decoration) in 1799. Napoleon Crossing the Alps at the Great St Bernard Pass (1800) by Jacques-Louis David. Napoleon (The Enemy was terrible...
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    signs in Italian; the navigational error had taken them over the Great St Bernard Pass, and the airport they had been circling was in fact Aosta Valley...
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