Maddalena Pass

▪ mountain pass, Europe

also called  Larche Pass , Italian  Colle della Maddalena , or  dell'Argentera , French  Col de Larche , or  de l'Argentière 

      gap between the Cottian Alps (north) and the Maritime Alps (south). The pass lies at 6,548 feet (1,996 m) on the French-Italian border, 12 miles (19 km) east-northeast of Barcelonnette, Fr. A road (1870) across the pass connects Cuneo, Italy, with Barcelonnette. Hannibal reputedly led his Carthaginian army over the pass toward Rome in 218 BC, and the army of King Francis I of France used the pass to enter Italy and conquer Milan in 1515.

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