Col de Tende

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Col de Tende (Colle di Tenda (el. 1870 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps, on the border of France and Italy.

It separates the Maritime Alps from the Ligurian Alps. It connects Nice and Tende in Alpes-Maritimes with Cuneo in Piedmont.

A railway tunnel inaugurated in 1898 and a road tunnel inaugurated in 1882 run under the pass. The latter tunnel is 3.2 kilometre long and is among the oldest long road tunnels.

External links

• Profile on climbbybike.com

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