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Cenis, Mont
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
One of the Cottian Alps, over which Napoleon constructed a pass 6884 ft. high in 1802-10, through which a tunnel 7½ m. long passes from Modane to Bardonnêche, connecting France with Italy; the construction of this tunnel cost £3,000,000, and Napoleon's pass a tenth of the sum.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Cenis, Mont'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/cenis-mont.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.