Passo San Pellegrino

Passo San Pellegrino
Pass height	1918 m slm
expansion	Strada statale 346 del Passo di San Pellegrino
Mountains	Dolomites
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Coordinates	46 ° 22 '42 " N , 11 ° 47' 30" E Coordinates: 46 ° 22 '42 " N , 11 ° 47' 30" E

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The Passo San Pellegrino (into the facade Ladin Jouf de Sèn Pelegrin , German San Pellegrino Pass ) is a 1,918 meter high mountain pass in Trentino in Italy between Moena and Falcade . At the same time, it forms the border area between Trentino and Veneto around four kilometers northwest of Falcade. The next main massifs of the Dolomites to the east of the pass are the Marmolada group in the north and the Pale di San Martino in the south.

history

Some Stone Age artifacts that were found in the area of the top of the pass suggest that the transition was already humanly settled in prehistoric times.

In the Middle Ages , a mule track led over the yoke, which at that time was still called Monte Alloch . As can be seen on old road maps, this primarily connected the Cordevole valley at Cencenighe Agordino via Moena and Predazzo with Auer (Ora) on the Brenner route . It was probably also used as a bypass route for the Rollepassweg , as it was quite dangerous in the Valle Travignolo .

The Passo San Pellegrino got its current name from the monks of the order "San Pellegrino", who founded a hospice on the top of the pass in 1358 "so that the people who cross Monte Alloch can be entertained there". During the First World War , the pass gained strategic importance; a road was laid out for the military, which was further expanded for civilian purposes after the war. The hospice and its chapel were destroyed in the First World War, but have now been rebuilt.

Only a few kilometers south of the Passo di San Pellegrino is the Passo di Valles (2033 m), which leads from Falcade on the shortest route to the Rolle Pass road. Like many other mountain pass roads in the Dolomites, the road over the Passo di Valles was laid out as a military road during the First World War. Recently it has been partially expanded into a tourist road and is relatively easy to drive on, albeit less frequented than the route over the Passo San Pellegrino. On the Valles Pass, too, there are numerous sites of flint tools and tees on both sides of the pass, indicating a Stone Age prehistory.

The pass today

The main tourist season is winter. The pass is located in the Trevalli ski area , which in turn is connected to the overarching Dolomiti Superski . A well-known descent is called Col Margherita. There is a cable car and several lifts for this purpose. The area is also suitable for cross-country skiing - several trails have been created.

In summer, the Dolomite High Trail No. 2 from Brixen to Feltre , which leads over the Passo San Pellegrino, is committed. Furthermore, the rocks around the pass are climbing areas; a well-known peak is the Cima Uomo . Mountain bikers are also out and about on the pass in summer.

There are several hotels and holiday apartments on the pass.

For demarcation

San Pellegrino , the birthplace of the writer Dino Buzzati , is not here, but is a district of Belluno . The well-known San Pellegrino mineral water does not come from here either, but from San Pellegrino Terme .

Web links

Tourist information on fassa.com; Retrieved November 14, 2009

Individual evidence

↑ Steffan Bruns: Alpine passes - history of the alpine pass crossings. From the Inn to Lake Garda . 1st edition. tape 3 . L. Staackmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-88675-273-7 , p. 170 .

[1] Steffan Bruns: Alpine passes - history of the alpine pass crossings. From the Inn to Lake Garda . 1st edition. tape 3 . L. Staackmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-88675-273-7 , p. 170 .