# Colle Fauniera

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{{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](/source/Piedmont), [Italy](/source/Italy)
| range = [Alps](/source/Alps)
| topo = 
}}

The '''Colle Fauniera''' is a [mountain pass](/source/mountain_pass) in the [Cottian Alps](/source/Cottian_Alps), [Piedmont](/source/Piedmont), northern [Italy](/source/Italy), located at 2,481&nbsp;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](/source/Castelmagno) and [Demonte](/source/Demonte).

It connects the [Valle Grana](/source/Valle_Grana), which ends here, with the Vallone dell'Arma (a lateral of the [Valle Stura di Demonte](/source/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> 

== References ==
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==See also==
* [List of highest paved roads in Europe](/source/List_of_highest_paved_roads_in_Europe)
* [List of mountain passes](/source/List_of_mountain_passes)

Category:Landforms of Piedmont
Category:Mountain passes of the Alps
Category:Transport in Piedmont
Category:Demonte

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