Col du Petit Saint-Bernard

Little St. Bernhard pass is located at an altitude of 2,188 meters and connects Val d'Isère with the Aosta Valley. Napoleon III was responsible for paving the pass. The international border between France and Italy runs along the summit, where a bloody conflict erupted following Italy's declaration of war on 10 June 1940. On the French side, there is a monolith just before the summit that once portrayed the Roman God, Jupiter, until he was replaced by the Christian Saint, Bernhard von Menthon.