The Julier Pass ( Romansh : Pass dal Güglia , German : Julierpass , Italian Passo del Giulia ) (el. 2284 m) is a mountain pass in Switzerland , in the Albula Alps . It connects the Engadin valley with central Graubünden , the nearest inhabited localities on its approaches being Silvaplana and Bivio . At its summit, the pass crosses the watershed / drainage divide between the basins of the rivers Rhine and Danube . The Julier Pass lies between Piz Lagrev and Piz Julier . A few metres south of the summit is the small lake Lej da las Culuonnas.
5-506: Remains of a Roman temple and cart tracks were found and illustrate its importance in Roman times. The road constructed in the 1820s to replace the old Septimer Pass was well built and is still easily passable after moderate widening for normal cars and trucks. In some parts, areas were rebuilt in 2009 to reduce the number of serpentine turns. Winter use requires winter tires, as well as snow chains in extremely poor weather. The Julier Pass
10-605: A Christian hospice was the one placed at the pass itself, mentioned in 831. It was mentioned in documents for the following millennium, even though it was abandoned in the tenth century and rebuilt at the beginning of the eleventh. (The hospice was later abandoned for good in 1778.) During the Middle Ages the Septimer Pass was crucial to the temporal power of the Bishopric of Chur , whose extensive territories until
15-717: Is a high mountain pass in the canton of Graubünden in the Swiss Alps between the valleys of Bregaglia (Bergell) and Surses (Oberhalbstein). It is traditionally considered the boundary between the Oberhalbstein and Albula Alps . During the Middle Ages , this, the Great St. Bernard , and the Brenner Passes were the preferred routes over the Alps for traveling emperors. The nearest inhabited localities on
20-579: Is one of the three paved road passes connecting the Engadin with the northern Grisons, the two other being the Albula Pass and the Flüela Pass . This Graubünden location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Septimer Pass Septimer Pass (German: Septimerpass , Italian: Passo del Settimo , Romansh: Pass da Sett ; elevation 2,310 meters or 7,580 feet)
25-528: The approaches of the Septimer Pass are Casaccia on the south and Bivio on the north. Already in use by the Romans , who maintained a legion camp in the pass around AD 15–16, this pass was an important trade route from Milan through Bivio to Augsburg It was easier to use than the Splügen Pass , due to the latter having the difficult gorges of the river Hinterrhein . One of the earliest mentions of
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