The Falzarego Pass (Italian: Passo di Falzarego, Ladin: Jou de Fauzare) (el. 2,105 m) is a high mountain pass in the province of Belluno in Italy.
| Falzarego Pass | |
|---|---|
 Traffic sign at the pass | |
| Elevation | 2,105 m (6,906 ft) |
| Length | 15 km (9.3 mi) |
| Traversed by | SS48 |
| Location | Belluno, Italy |
| Range | Dolomites |
| Coordinates | 46°31′8″N 12°0′34″E / 46.51889°N 12.00944°E |
  Falzarego Pass Location of Falzarego Pass | |
It mainly connects the territory of Agordo and Cortina d'Ampezzo. From the pass, starts also SP24 (Strada provinciale del Passo di Valparola) directed northbound to Val Badia passing below Sass de Stria and through Valparola Pass.
A gondola rises to the Lagazuoi (2,762 m), which was the object of heavy combat and mine warfare in World War I. The tunnel that the Italians built under the Austro-Hungarian lines is open to the public.
Etymology
editThe name probably derives from Ladin fóuze, scythe.[1] A popular folk etymology claims that it supposedly comes instead from Faúza Règo, which would mean false king in Ladin, but is not attested in this form in the language. It would refer to the king of the Fanes, who was supposedly turned to stone for betraying his people.
Sports
editThe pass is occasionally in the program of the Giro d'Italia race.
The Falzarego Pass is one of the Dolomites mountain passes riders cross in the annual Maratona dles Dolomites single-day bicycle race. As riders proceed directly from the Falzarego Pass to the higher Valparola Pass the Falzarego is not counted as one of the canonical seven Maratona passes.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Russo, Lorenza (1995). Palldii nomi di monti. La Cooperativa di Cortina. ISBN 8887174113.
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