Monte Viso tunnel

Monte Viso tunnel

The Monte Viso tunnel (Italian: "Buco di Viso") is an Alpine tunnel located at the feet of Monviso (Cottian Alps), northern Italy, with a lenght of 75 m meters and a width of three. It is located at 2,882 meters, in the modern province of Cuneo.

It was built between 1478 and 1480 [http://www.quid.fr/2006/Transports_Routiers/Tunnels_Routiers/1] at a height through by order of Ludovico II, marquis of Saluzzo, in collaboration with Louis IX of France, to connect the Dauphiné and Provence to his domains. It was used mostly for salt trade.

See also

* Monviso


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