Simplon Pass
Britishnoun
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In neighbouring Switzerland, the Simplon Pass into Italy and the Great St Bernard Tunnel were closed to traffic, while two cantons were badly affected.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
Sinuous, up in the sky between one mountainside and another, the most beautiful bridge I had ever seen was in Simplon Pass, on the Swiss side.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
They motored over the Simplon Pass into Italy, crossed Yugoslavia and Greece.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here also we slept; and the next day our voiturier, who had brought us from Lausanne, started with us up the Simplon Pass; helped on by two extra horses.
From Life of John Sterling by Carlyle, Thomas
The Simplon Pass, under certain restrictions has recently been opened to automobiles.
From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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