St. Gotthard
Americannoun
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a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3,195 meters).
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a mountain pass over this range. 6,935 feet (2,115 meters) high.
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a railway tunnel under this pass. 9¼ miles (15 km) long.
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He continued in favour under Charles X., for whom was executed “Monks of Mount St Gotthard,” exhibited in 1824.
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I came hither straight from Dover last night through the hideous but convenient hole in the dear old St. Gotthard, and I have been strolling about Milan all the morning, drinking in the delicious Italian sun, which fortunately shines, and giving myself up to the sweet sense of living once more—after an interval of several years—in the adorable country it illumines.
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I have just accomplished it; I passed the St. Gotthard day before yesterday, and I hope to find it possible to remain absent till August 1st.
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A typical occurrence is in the white, fine-scaled paragonite-schist of Monte Campione, near St Gotthard in Switzerland, where long transparent crystals of a fine blue colour are abundant.
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A further enlargement of the harbour was necessitated upon the opening of the St Gotthard tunnel in 1882, which extended the commercial range of the port through Switzerland into Germany.
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