Great St Bernard Pass

The latter controlled the Great St Bernard pass, the shortest route between Italy and the Upper Rhine region.

He selected the shortest route through the Alps, the Great St Bernard Pass, which would enable him to reach his destination as quickly as possible.

Jupiter Poeninus, under this name worshipped in the Alps, around the Great St Bernard Pass, where he had a sanctuary.

In his honour, the handsomest dog at the Great St Bernard Pass hospice is named "Barry" in his honour.

The Great St Bernard Tunnel, under the Great St Bernard Pass, leads from Martigny, Switzerland to Aosta.

From there the traveler would endure a difficult crossing over the Alps into northern Italy (such as at the Great St Bernard Pass), which included dismantling the carriage and luggage.

It is at the end of the Great St Bernard Pass (which leads to Switzerland) and the Little St Bernard Pass (which leads to France).

After all the excitement Graham and Ed find some peaceful reflection with the monks of the Great St Bernard pass, and discover the legend of the St Bernard dog.

The most ancient pass of the Western Alps is the Great St Bernard Pass, used as far back as the Bronze Age and showing traces of a Roman road.

The journey through the Great St Bernard Pass (which was, after thorough consideration, decided to be the best possible route through the harsh Alps), commenced on the 15 May 1800 and took five days.

Although not all of the journey was done on foot (for example, the Great St Bernard Pass was closed), upon his arrival on 1 December 2009, he became the youngest pilgrim to tread the Via Francigena in modern times.

The road through the Great St Bernard Pass (or today the Great St Bernard Tunnel) leads to Martigny, Valais, and the one through the Little St Bernard Pass to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie.

The Salassi had proved troublesome to Roman armies using the Great St Bernard pass, which, as the shortest route from Italy to the Upper Rhine river, had become strategically vital to the Romans since the completion of Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul in 51 BC.