Mont Cenis

Mont Cenis, or MONT CENISIO, an Alpine peak and pass between Savoy and Piedmont. Height of the mountain, 11,792 feet; of the pass, 6884 feet. Over the pass a road was constructed (1802-10) by Fabbioni, under Napoleon's orders, at an expense of £300,000. Thirteen miles west of the pass a railway tunnel, 7½ miles long, was begun in 1857 on the Italian side, and in 1863 on the French, and was finished in 1870 at a cost of £3,000,000. Through this tunnel passes one of the main continental overland routes from London via Paris to Brindisi, for Asia, Australia, and East Africa.