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.

Pennine Alps contains Great St Bernard Pass
Valais contains Great St Bernard Pass
Graian Alps containsPass Great St Bernard Pass
this entity surface form: Col du Grand Saint-Bernard
Graian Alps containsPass Great St Bernard Pass
Italian–Swiss border crossesMountainPass Great St Bernard Pass
Aosta Valley hasImportantPass Great St Bernard Pass
Great St Bernard Pass hasStructure Great St Bernard Pass self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Great St Bernard Tunnel
Claviere near Great St Bernard Pass
this entity surface form: Monginevro Pass