{{Short description|Mountain pass in Italy}} {{Infobox mountain pass | name = Colle Fauniera | photo = Colle_Fauniera_(CN).jpg | photo_caption = | elevation_m = 2481 | elevation_ref = | traversed = Road | map = Italy | map_caption = Colle Fauniera | map_size = | label = Colle Fauniera | coords = {{coord|44|23|9|N|7|7|18|E|type:pass_region:IT|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | location = Piedmont, Italy | range = Alps | topo = }}
The '''Colle Fauniera''' is a mountain pass in the Cottian Alps, Piedmont, northern Italy, located at 2,481 m elevation.<ref>{{cite web|title=COLLE FAUNIERA|url=https://fondoambiente.it/luoghi/colle-fauniera?ldc|website=fondoambiente.it|publisher= Fondo per l'ambiente italiano |language=it|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref>
It is part of the communal territory of Castelmagno and Demonte.
It connects the Valle Grana, which ends here, with the Vallone dell'Arma (a lateral of the Valle Stura di Demonte).<ref>{{cite web|title=Colle Fauniera (o dei Morti) da Pradleves |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114152512/https://www.salitomania.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=93|archivedate=14 January 2020|url=https://www.salitomania.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=93|publisher=Salitomania|date=2010-07-01}}</ref> The name ''Colle dei Morti'' stems from fierce fighting which occurred nearby during the 18th century between Franco-Spanish and Piedmontese troops.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fauniera, La|url=https://www.altimetrias.net/aspbk/verPuertoW.mobi.asp?id=25|publisher=Altimetrias|date=2010-07-01}}</ref>
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==See also== * List of highest paved roads in Europe * List of mountain passes
Category:Landforms of Piedmont Category:Mountain passes of the Alps Category:Transport in Piedmont Category:Demonte