The Little St Bernard Pass (French: Col du Petit Saint-Bernard, Italian: Colle del Piccolo San Bernardo) is a mountain pass in the Alps. Its saddle is at 2188 metres above sea level. It is located in Savoie, France, to the south of the Mont Blanc Massif, and close to the border with Italy. In a range of hills, or especially of mountains, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, bwlch or bealach) is a lower point that allows easier access through the range. ... Jump to: navigation, search The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ... Savoie is a French département. ...

Although damaged by a road that runs through it, the pass is the site of a stone circle measuring 72m in diameter. A standing stone once stood in the middle. It has not been precisely dated but from coin finds it has been attributed to the Iron Age, possibly being a ceremonial site of the Tarentaisian culture (c. 725 BC - 450 BC). A Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter was later erected nearby along with a Roman mansio serving travellers along the pass and it is thought that Carthaginian general Hannibal used this route. Jump to: navigation, search A stone circle is a circular space, delimited by purposefully erected stones and often containing burials. ... Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Jump to: navigation, search Jupiter In Roman mythology, Jupiter (Jove in the vocative (used when addressing the God)) held the same role as Zeus in the Greek pantheon. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hannibals feat in crossing the Alps with war elephants passed into European legend: a fresco detail, 1510, Capitoline Museum, Rome Hannibal Barca (from Punic, literally Baal is merciful to me, 247 BC – 182 BC) was a politician, statesman and military commander of ancient Carthage, best...

The stone circle was partly restored in the nineteenth century.

View of the stone circle crossed diagonally by the road. Remains of Second World War fortifications are also visible.

Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

External Link

French Ministry of Culture page on the region