Great St Bernard Pass
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The Great St Bernard Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps linking Switzerland and Italy, historically renowned as a key transalpine route and for its hospice and St. Bernard rescue dogs.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Col du Grand Saint-Bernard | 0 | 1 |
| Great St Bernard Tunnel | 0 | 1 |
| Monginevro Pass | 0 | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain pass
→
transalpine route → |
| associatedAnimalBreed | St Bernard → |
| closesInWinter | true → |
| connects |
Aosta Valley
→
Italy → Switzerland → canton of Valais → |
| country |
Italy
→
Switzerland → |
| elevation |
about 2469 metres
→
about 8097 feet → |
| hasLake | Great St Bernard Lake → |
| hasReligiousSite | Great St Bernard Hospice → |
| hasStructure |
Great St Bernard Hospice
→
Great St Bernard Pass self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Great St Bernard Tunnel
|
| hasTunnelBelow | Great St Bernard Tunnel → |
| highestPointOn | road between Martigny and Aosta → |
| historicalName |
Alps
→
surface form:
Alpis Poenina
|
| isOnBorderBetween |
Italy
→
Switzerland → |
| knownFor |
Great St Bernard Hospice
→
Napoleon Crossing the Alps →
surface form:
Napoleon’s 1800 crossing
St Bernard dogs → historic transalpine trade route → |
| languageRegion |
Romandy
→
surface form:
French-speaking Switzerland
Aosta Valley →
surface form:
Italian-speaking Aosta Valley
|
| latinName | Summus Poeninus → |
| locatedIn |
Alps
NERFINISHED
→
Pennine Alps NERFINISHED → |
| namedAfter | Saint Bernard of Menthon → |
| nearestItalianTown | Aosta → |
| nearestSwissTown | Martigny → |
| partOf |
Alpine passes
→
border between canton of Valais and Aosta Valley → |
| roadNumber |
Italian SS27
→
Swiss Route 21 → |
| strategicImportance | major historical route between northern and southern Europe → |
| tourism |
cycling
→
hiking → scenic driving → |
| tunnelOpened | 1964 → |
| usedBy |
Celtic tribes
→
surface form:
Celts
Grande Armée →
surface form:
Napoleon’s army
Romans → medieval pilgrims → |
| usedFor |
military movements
→
pilgrimage → trade → |
| usedSince | pre-Roman times → |
| winterClosurePeriod | approximately October to June → |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Col du Grand Saint-Bernard
this entity surface form:
Great St Bernard Tunnel