San Marco Pass

Pass

The Passo San Marco ( German: " San Marco Pass ") is a mountain pass in the Bergamo Alps with a summit altitude of 1985 m slm, the Morbegno in Valtellina connects with Mezzoldo Olmo al Brembo and in the province of Bergamo. The pass road is the shortest connection from Splügenpass over the Valtellina into Bergamaskische.

History

Already in the late Middle Ages led a respectable persons and goods over the San Marcos Pass, which was then still called Montagna del Giogo or Monte Giogo. The term " Giogo " is equated with yoke, a name for a pass, which is very common in Tyrol. In the 16th century new dive pass names, so the names Monti di Averara, so Averarapass - after a village on the southern end of the actual pass road, with a name that was used mainly by the Bergamaskern and Monte Albil, preferred by Veltliner. The current name of Passo San Marco, he received only 1594th This was San Marco, so the thought of St. Mark, the patron saint of the Venetians.

The San Marco was the latest from the late Middle Ages, part of the well-trodden trade route from Venice through the Grisons to southern Germany. Well at that time the communities Albaredo and Morbegno had built a road over the pass, but this still led over Averara and not yet Mezzoldo. The north side had been sufficiently expanded by the two communities Veltliner, but the Bergamasker south side was a more ancient path, and dangerous steep. In 1552, therefore, requested 40 municipalities of Val Brembana, on the southern route to San Marco Pass, the Senate of Venice to help in the development and improvement of the way across the San Marco. The petitioners also pointed to the strategic importance of the pass would be against an enemy easy to defend and block. Even the Grisons envoy Friedrich Salis urged in 1557 during a visit to Venice on an expansion of the pass road. But Venice was not to convince them of the need to strengthen. This only changed when the contrasts between Venice and Habsburg Spain took the upper hand, before the end of the 16th century, the San Marco road project was realized. Then could the traffic of Venice, about Bergamo, the San Marco and Spliigen or Septimer, to Chur and then on to Germany could gain his way.

Swell

Bergamo Alps
Alpine pass
Mountain pass
Pass in Lombardy
Cycling increase ( Giro d' Italia )

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