Read Next
Maddalena Pass
mountain pass, Europe
- Also called:
- Larche Pass
- Italian:
- Colle della Maddalena, or dell’Argentera
- French:
- Col de Larche, or de l’Argentière
Maddalena Pass, gap between the Cottian Alps (north) and the Maritime Alps (south). The pass lies at 6,548 feet (1,996 m) on the French-Italian border, 12 miles (19 km) east-northeast of Barcelonnette, Fr. A road (1870) across the pass connects Cuneo, Italy, with Barcelonnette. Hannibal reputedly led his Carthaginian army over the pass toward Rome in 218 bc, and the army of King Francis I of France used the pass to enter Italy and conquer Milan in 1515.