Journaling:
"People have been crossing the Col du Mont Cenis for thousands of years. Both Constantine the 1st and Charlemagne crossed the Pass with armies. Some historians believe this pass was used by Hannibal when he made his famous elephant Alps crossing. It was the most frequently used passage between Italy and France in the middle ages. When the French ports were blockaded by the British after the battle of the Nile, Napolean ordered an improved road built over the pass. Finished in 1810, it allowed carts and carriages to be able to make the crossing. At the top of the mountain theres a really beautiful ice blue lake & amazing views of Italy."
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