Pas de Morgins

Pas de Morgins

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The Pas de Morgins is a pass between the Swiss canton of Valais and France. Southeast leads the Val de Morgins to Chemex in Val d' Illiez and to Monthey, northwest Abondance is achieved. The pass is at 1369 m. The transition has already been used in the 13th century, when Peter II of Savoy crossed it with his troops in the Valais. Since 1569 the pass lies on the border between Valais and Savoy, today between France and Switzerland. On the pass remember landmarks from the 18th and 19th centuries it. 1870, the pass from the mule track to the road was expanded. At the pass there is a small chapel, the Moraine Lake Lac de Morgins, as well as a fen and amphibians spawning ground, which are under protection. "

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