Summus Poeninus

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Summus Poeninus is the Latin name for the Great St Bernard Pass, a historic Alpine route linking Switzerland and Italy that has served as a key transalpine crossing since antiquity.

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Summus Poeninus canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine pass ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Jupiter Poeninus ⓘ
connectsCity Aosta ⓘ
Martigny ⓘ
connectsRegion Aosta Valley ⓘ
Valais ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween Switzerland and Italy ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains Roman road remains ⓘ
Roman sanctuary remains ⓘ
hasClimate alpine ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance important transalpine link between northern and southern Europe ⓘ
hasEtymology named after the Celtic-Roman god Poeninus ⓘ
hasFeature snow cover for much of the year ⓘ
hasHighestPointElevation approximately 2469 metres ⓘ
approximately 8097 feet ⓘ
hasHistoricalFunction military route ⓘ
pilgrimage route ⓘ
trade route ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion French-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Romandy

Italian-speaking Aosta Valley ⓘ
hasLatinName Summus Poeninus ⓘ
hasModernName Great St Bernard Pass ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Bourg-Saint-Pierre ⓘ
Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses ⓘ
hasRoad Great St Bernard road ⓘ
hasSanctuary Roman sanctuary of Jupiter Poeninus ⓘ
hasTunnel Great St Bernard Tunnel ⓘ
isAboveTunnel true ⓘ
isOnWatershedBetween Po basin ⓘ
Rhône basin ⓘ
linked to: Rhône river basin
isTransalpineCrossing true ⓘ
locatedInCanton Valais ⓘ
locatedInCountry Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Alps ⓘ
locatedInRegion Aosta Valley ⓘ
locatedNear Great St Bernard Hospice ⓘ
Great St Bernard Lake ⓘ
partOfRoute Roman road network ⓘ
transalpine trade routes ⓘ
traversedBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Roman armies ⓘ
medieval pilgrims ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
usedSincePeriod Roman era ⓘ
antiquity ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great St Bernard Pass → latinName → Summus Poeninus ⓘ
Summus Poeninus → hasLatinName → Summus Poeninus ⓘ