Somport
Sign in to saveSomport or Col du Somport, known also as the Aspe Pass or Canfranc Pass, (el. 1632 m.) is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. Its name is derived from the Latin Summus portus. It was one of the most popular routes for soldiers, merchants, and pilgrims to the tomb of St. James following the route from Arles to cross the Pyrenees. They travelled from Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, via Somport to Jaca, Aragon, Spain.
Key facts
- Mountain pass.name
- Somport
- Mountain pass.photo
- Puerto_del_Somport.jpg
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- Pass as seen from Spain
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- 1632
- Mountain pass.traversed
- road
- Mountain pass.map
- France
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- Location of Somport
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- Somport
- Mountain pass.location
- France–Spain border
- Mountain pass.range
- Pyrenees
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- France–Spain border
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Aísa
- Elevation
- 1640
- Image
- Puerto del Somport.jpg
- Connects with
- Route nationale 134
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- Commons category
- Somport
- located in protected area
- Pyrénées National Park
- mountain range
- Pyrenees
- carries thoroughfare
- French Way in Aragon
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Military history
- Pilgrimage history
- Modern history
- Sports
- See also
- References
Somport or Col du Somport, known also as the Aspe Pass or Canfranc Pass, (el. 1632 m.) is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. Its name is derived from the Latin Summus portus. It was one of the most popular routes for soldiers, merchants, and pilgrims to the tomb of St. James following the route from Arles to cross the Pyrenees. They travelled from Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, via Somport to Jaca, Aragon, Spain.
==Military history== There is recorded evidence of both the Vandals and the Visigothic invaders having used the relatively easy entrance to Spain from France in the fifth century. The Roman road constructed here, known as the Via Tolosana, was also used by Muslim invaders in the eighth century in their attempt to conquer France.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Somport” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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