Stelvio Pass (Ger. Stilfsenjoch), the highest carriage-road across the Alps (9042 feet), leads from Bormio in the Valtelline for over 30 miles to the Vintschgan in Tyrol. It was completed by the Austrian government in 1825.
Stelvio Pass
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 715
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