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    Col de Tende (Italian: Colle di Tenda; elevation 1870 m) is a high mountain pass in the Alps, close to the border between France and Italy, although the...
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    Tende is split from north to south by the Roya river valley. The tributary Réfréi river joins the Roya within the limits of Tende. The Col de Tende (Tende...
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    10km 6miles Col de Tende    Col de Tende Road Tunnel is a 3182 meter long road tunnel running under Col de Tende between France and Italy. It was inaugurated...
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    the Alps, separated from the Apennines by the Colle di Cadibona. The Col de Tende and the Vermenagna valley separate them from the Maritime Alps. They...
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    some fighting, the Austro-Piedmontese withdrew to the north side of the Col de Tende (Tenda Pass) which the French occupied. Dumerbion's troops also seized...
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  • Traforo del Gran Sasso Great St Bernard Tunnel Simplon Tunnel Col de Tende Road Tunnel Col de Tende Rail Tunnel [it] Seikan Tunnel, 53.9 km (33.5 mi) Kaunas...
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    make travel easier. A few passes (e.g. the Semmering, the Brenner, the Col de Tende and the Arlberg) had carriage roads constructed before 1800, while those...
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    / Col de Tende (France / Italy, 1908 m) Colle della Maddalena / Col de Larche (France / Italy, 1994 m) Monte Viso (France / Italy, 3841 m) Col de Montgenèvre...
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  • dictionary. Tenda may refer to: Tende (Italian: Tenda), a commune and town in southeastern France, formerly part of Italy Col de Tende (Italian: Colle di Tenda)...
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    kilometres (61.8 mi) long, including an 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) tunnel under the Col de Tende mountain pass. The line connects Cuneo and Ventimiglia, both stations...
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    Alps (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    passes are the Col de l'Iseran (the highest), the Col Agnel, the Brenner Pass, the Mont-Cenis, the Great St. Bernard Pass, the Col de Tende, the Gotthard...
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    and it does this in a tunnel.[citation needed] Three spirals on the Col de Tende line between Ventimiglia to Cuneo as it passes through France, a further...
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    between the Italian Riviera and Piedmont. From west to east, they were the Col de Tende which was guarded on the north by the fortress city of Cuneo, the Tanaro...
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    valley, or from Ventimiglia inland through the Roya Valley, over the Col de Tende pass and into Piedmont. In Ethiopia blocks of salt, called amoleh, were...
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    which runs north from Menton, passes through Saorge on its way to the Col de Tende (Italian: Colle di Tenda) where it crosses into Italy. The region belonged...
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    Vermenagna creek, Col de Tende - which connects them with the Ligurian Alps - and Roya (east); Mediterranean Sea and Var valley (south) Verdon, Col d'Allos -...
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    County of Nice withdrew to defenses in the Maritime Alps covering the key Col de Tende. Before the end of 1792, the French troops in Savoy were organized into...
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    tunnel Mont Blanc Tunnel (road tunnel) Tenda Tunnels (road and railway) Col de Tende Road Tunnel (one of the oldest long road tunnels, 3.2 km) Buco di Viso...
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    Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (category People from Pont-de-Vaux)
    Joubert distinguished himself during the defence of a redoubt at the Col de Tende in north-west Italy, where he led only thirty men against a battalion...
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    Pass (Radeljski prelaz) – Austria/Slovenia Passo della Teglia – Italy Col de Tende – France/Italy Giogo di Toirano – Italy Tremalzo Pass Umbrail Pass Wurzen...
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    "Century of skiing". Its fortune was permitted also by the presence of the Col de Tende Road Tunnel, which connected the town with many rich and famous locations...
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    Saint Bernard Pass, the Mont Cenis, the Col de Montgenèvre, the Maddalena Pass (Col de Larche) and the Col de Tende. The only other routes were the coast...
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    Records Preceded by Col de Tende Road Tunnel 3.18 km (1.97 mi) World's longest road tunnel 1934-1948 Succeeded by Vielha Tunnel 5.23 km (3.25 mi)...
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  • duplex) in one tube longest underground branch: W-E direction tube (Avenida de Portugal, M-30, Bypass sur) left tube: 9,753m, right tube: 9,752m left tube...
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    Manfred, King of Sicily (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    imperial crown. Charles' army, some 30,000 strong, entered Italy from the Col de Tende in late 1265. He soon reduced numerous Ghibelline strongholds in northern...
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    of Saint-Anne de Vinadio in Italy. Finally, at its eastern end, the Col de Tende (1,871 metres, 6,138 ft) links with Cuneo in Italy. The only region of...
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  • He was wounded by a shell fragment at the La Rocavion affair in the Col de Tende expedition on August 7, 1794. Reformed on June 7, 1795, he was member...
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    The army held a line from Genoa to the Col de Tende while 10,000 more held the passes through the Alps. GD Jean-de-Dieu Soult with 20,000 soldiers held...
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    their terms. Early the next year the Ghibellines defeated his troops at Col de Tende, forcing them to withdraw to Provence. Pope Gregory X died on 10 January...
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    French territory near the Col de Tende and flows through the Mercantour National Park. The river passes through the communes of Tende, Saorge, Breil-sur-Roya...
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