Monte Viso tunnel

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The Monte Viso tunnel is the first tunnel in history built under the Alps. Its was built between 1478 and 1480 [1] at a height of 2000m through Monte Viso in the Cottian Alps by order of Louis XI to connect the Dauphiné and the domain of the Marquis de Saluces. [2]

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