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Col de Tende (Italian: Colle di Tenda; elevation 1870 m) is a high mountain pass in the Alps near the border of France and Italy even thought the entire pass summit is in France.It separates the Maritime Alps from the Ligurian Alps. It connects Nice and Tende in Alpes-Maritimes with Cuneo in Piedmont.A railway tunnel inaugurated in 1898 and a Road Tunnel inaugurated in 1882 run under the pass.

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location
Province of Cuneo, Alpes-Maritimes
name
Col de Tende

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