San-Jorio-Pass

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The San Jorio Pass ( Italian Passo San Jorio, old German name Jörisberg ) is a 2'012 m above sea level. M. High Saumpass east of Bellinzona. After SOIUSA it forms the border between the lower section and the section Lugano Como Alps foothills and the subsection Adula Alps or section Lepontine Alps. At the pass the border between Italy and Switzerland runs. The San Jorio Pass represents a transition from the Swiss Val Morobbia to Italian Val Dongo and thus connects the region of Bellinzona with Gravedona on the northern shores of Lake Como. In the north of the pass from the Marmontana ( 2,316 m) is flanked. South of the pass of the ridge in some places is still low, but very steep and rugged slopes were not suitable for a mule track the plant. Geologically, the San Jorio pass at the Insubric line, a tertiary fracture zone in the Southern Alps.

In the late Middle Ages the San Jorio Pass was an important transition from the Magadinoebene along Lake Como. A mule track over the pass is mentioned in 1465, when the Republic of Como, near the summit, installed its customs. In the following hours the passport was important especially for the east-west traffic between the southern Alpine valleys, but fell after the construction of railways largely forgotten. In panoramic position on a hilltop south of the transition is the chapel of San Jorio, which still bears witness to the earlier times, when the pass was an important route.