Col de Tende

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Alpine pass mountain pass

Col de Tende is a historic Alpine mountain pass in the Maritime Alps that serves as a key transit route between southeastern France and northwestern Italy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Forts of the Col de Tende 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine pass ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ
borderBetween Alpes-Maritimes ⓘ
surface form: Alpes-Maritimes department and Cuneo province
category France–Italy border crossings ⓘ
Mountain passes of France ⓘ
Mountain passes of Italy ⓘ
climate Alpine climate ⓘ
closedInWinter often ⓘ
connects Cuneo ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Nice ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
crosses main chain of the Maritime Alps ⓘ
elevation approximately 1870 m ⓘ
approximately 6135 ft ⓘ
hasFortification Col de Tende self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Forts of the Col de Tende
hasLanguageVariant French name Col de Tende ⓘ
Italian name Colle di Tenda ⓘ
hasStructure Tenda road tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel ⓘ
historicalRole gateway between the County of Nice and Piedmont ⓘ
historicalSovereignty France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
isOnRoute historic trade route between Piedmont and the Mediterranean coast ⓘ
knownFor historic military fortifications ⓘ
scenic Alpine landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn Alpes-Maritimes ⓘ
Maritime Alps ⓘ
surface form: Alps

Ligurian Alps ⓘ
surface form: Ligurian Alps region

Maritime Alps ⓘ
Piedmont ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Italy

southeastern France ⓘ
locatedNear Limone Piemonte ⓘ
Tende ⓘ
partOf French–Italian border ⓘ
surface form: Franco-Italian border
region Maritime Alps ⓘ
surface form: Western Alps
roadType mountain road ⓘ
strategicImportance key transit route between France and Italy ⓘ
usedBy Romans ⓘ
medieval traders ⓘ
military forces ⓘ
usedFor cycling ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
road transport ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
usedSince antiquity ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French–Italian border → crosses → Col de Tende ⓘ
Col de Tende → hasFortification → Col de Tende self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forts of the Col de Tende
Maritime Alps → hasPass → Col de Tende ⓘ