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Colle dell'Agnello

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Colle dell'Agnello
Colle dell'Agnello
Colle dell'Agnello
Colle dell'Agnello
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Colle dell'Agnello
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Colle dell'Agnello
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Colle dell'Agnello
Colle dell'Agnello
Col Agnel is a mountain pass in the Cottian Alps, west of Monte Viso between France and Italy which links the Queyras valley with Pontechianale in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont. At 2,744 m , it is the third highest paved road pass of the Alps, after Stelvio Pass and Col de l'Iseran. Despite being the highest international pass of the Alps, Col Agnel is somewhat unknown and not heavily used. It is one of the many passes suggested as the route taken by Hannibal in his march, with elephants, to attack Rome at the start of the Second Punic War and a modern-era plaque, mounted on a rock on the French side, commemorates the event.
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