Cenis,Mont

Cenis,Mont
Ce·nis (sə-nēʹ), Mont
A mountain pass, 2,083.5 m (6,831 ft) high, in the Alps on the French-Italian border. It was long important as an invasion route.

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  • Cenis, Mont — geographical name 1. mountain pass 6831 feet (2082 meters) between France & Italy over Mont Cenis Massif in Graian Alps 2. (or Fréjus) railroad tunnel 8.5 miles (13.6 kilometers) long piercing the Fréjus Massif SW of Mont Cenis …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Cenis, Mont — Italian Monte Cenisio Massif and pass, Alps. Located in southeastern France west of Turin, Italy, the pass was an invasion route from earliest times and is traversed by a road 24 mi (38 km) long, built by Napoleon in 1803–10. The road climbs to… …   Universalium

  • CENIS, MONT —    one of the Cottian Alps, over which Napoleon constructed a pass 6884 ft. high in 1802 10, through which a tunnel 7½ m. long passes from Modane to Bardonnêche, connecting France with Italy; the construction of this tunnel cost £3,000,000, and… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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  • Mont Cenis — Mont Cenis, s. Cenis, Mont …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Mont-Cenis — V. Cenis (Mont ) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Cenis — (Mont ) massif des Alpes occid. (3 320 m), en France. La route de Lyon à Turin passe par le col du Mont Cenis (2 083 m), au N. du massif …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Mont Cenis — x Col du Mont Cenis Nord …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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