Tags: Mountain Pass.
Col de Pierre Pertuis (el. 827 m.) is a mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.It connects Sonceboz and Tavannes.The name of the pass comes from the Latin: Petra pertusa meaning broken rock. The pass road has been dated to the second half of the 1st century AD. A 159 by 96 centimetres (63 in × 38 in) large inscription on the north side of the road lists Marcus Dunius Paternus the duumvir of the Helvetii Colony Aventicum as the builder of the road.
