Fenestre mountain pass
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Fenestre mountain passPhoto: Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur., Metropole Nice Côte d'Azur
A strategic gateway between France and Italy.
This pass has always been a strategic crossing point. Fortifications dating back to the Second World War are evidence of this. In September 1943, the pass served as an exile route for the Jewish community of Nice fleeing German troops. Many of them were interned at Borgo San Dalmazzo, and some were later deported to Auschwitz. A plaque on the pass commemorates this exile. The pass did not become a border until 1947 with the Treaty of Paris.
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Through the mineral landscape of the Alps, between France and Italy, in the heart of the Marittime-Mercantour European Park.
In a mineral environment in the core zone of the Mercantour national park and below Mount Gélas, the highest point of the massif, Via Alpina leaves ...
Randonnée sympa, au départ de la Madonne de Fenestre.Remontée le long de l'arrête de la Cime de la Valette, puis retour par les lacs de Prals.
Through the mineral landscape of the Alps, between France and Italy, in the heart of the Marittime-Mercantour European Park.
In a mineral environment in the core zone of the Mercantour national park and below Mount Gélas, the highest point of the massif, Via Alpina leaves ...
Randonnée sympa, au départ de la Madonne de Fenestre.Remontée le long de l'arrête de la Cime de la Valette, puis retour par les lacs de Prals.
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