The Colle della Croce (Italian) or Col Lacroix (French,[1] sometimes referred as Col de la Croix[2]) is a pedestrian pass (el. 2,299 m / 7,541 ft) of the Cottian Alps.

Colle della Croce
Col Lacroix
Colle della Croce is located in Alps
Colle della Croce
Colle della Croce
Elevation2,299 m (7,543 ft)[1]
Traversed bybridle path
LocationProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Piemonte, Italy
RangeCottian Alps
Coordinates44°46′20″N 07°01′16″E / 44.77222°N 7.02111°E / 44.77222; 7.02111

Etymology

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Both in Italian and in French the name means pass of the Cross.

Geography

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The pass connects the villages of La Montà (commune of Ristolas, in France) and Villanova (comune of Bobbio Pellice, in Italy).

It forms the limit between the Central and the Southern Cottian Alps.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Géoportail IGN on www.geoportail.fr
  2. ^ Ristolas - Ristolas, Christophe Antoine; web site Tourisme & randonnée en Queyras http://queyras.aparcourir.com (accessed: May 2012)
  3. ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

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