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TOP Gear defines Italy's Stelvio Pass:
"One of the World's greatest roads".
The Stelvio Pass (Italian: Passo dello Stelvio)
is a mountain pass in northern Italy,
at an elevation of 2,757 m (9,045 ft) above sea level.
It is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps
and the second highest in the Alps.
The original road was built in 1820–25
by the Austrian Empire to connect
the former Austrian province of Lombardy
with the rest of Austria, covering a climb of 1,871 m (6,138 ft)
The engineer and project manager was Carlo Donegani (1775–1845).
Since then, the route has changed very little.
Its seventy-five hairpin turns, 48 of them
on the northern side numbered with stones,
are a challenge to motorists.
Stirling Moss went off the road here during
a vintage car event in the 1990s,
with an onboard video of his incident
being shown on satellite TV.
Before the end of World War I,
it formed the border between the Austro-Hungarian Empire
and the Italian Kingdom.
The Swiss had an outpost and a hotel (which was destroyed)
on the Dreisprachenspitze (literally, Three-Language-Peak).
During World War I, fierce battles were
fought in the ice and snow of the area,
with gun fire even crossing the Swiss area at times.
The three nations made an agreement not to fire over Swiss territory,
which jutted out in between Austria (to the north)
and Italy (to the south). Instead they could fire down the pass,
as Swiss territory was up and around the peak. After 1919,
with the expansion of Italy, the pass lost its strategic importance.
Fun facts:
- Footage filmed with DJI Inspire 2
-Camera: Zenmuse X7 with 35mm / 50mm
- Filming time: approx. 60 minutes (4 battery set)
- Editing time: approx. 4 hours
- Editing software: FCPX (Final Cut Pro X by Apple)
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- Song's name: Patriotic Man by Kadir Demir
- Wind: Mild to Strong
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