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See also:BRENNER PASS , the lowest (4495 ft.) and one of the most frequented passes across the See also:Alps in all ages, though the name itself rarely occurs in the See also:middle ages, the route over it being said to See also:lie through "the valley of See also:Trent." It may be described as the See also:great See also:gate of See also:Italy, and by it most of the See also:Teutonic tribes made their way to Italy. One See also:reason of its importance is that many See also:side passes in the end join this great thoroughfare. It woks crossed no fewer than 66 times by various emperors, between 793 and 1402. A See also:carriage road was constructed over it as far back as 1772, while the railway over it was built in 1864-1867. From See also:Innsbruck to the See also:summit of the pass is a distance by See also:rail of 25 M. The See also:line then descends through the Eisack valley past See also:Brixen (34 m.) to See also:Botzen (24 m.). Thence it follows the valley of the See also:Adige to Trent (35 m.) and on to See also:Verona (562 m.)—in all 1744 M. by rail from Innsbruck to Verona. (W. A. B. End of Article: BRENNER PASSAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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