The Brocon Pass ( it, Passo Brocon) (1616 m) is a high

mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...

in the

Dolomites The Dolomites ( it, Dolomiti ; Ladin: ''Dolomites''; german: Dolomiten ; vec, Dołomiti : fur, Dolomitis), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form par ...

in the Eastern part of

Trentino Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...

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. The approach road from the south actually reaches 1663 metres altitude, before gently descending to the col itself. It connects the Vanoi valley with the

Tesino The Tesino ( la, Tessuinum) is a Italian river which flows through the region of Marche. It is born on the slopes of Monte La Torre, near Force in the Province of Ascoli Piceno, and enters the Adriatic near Grottammare Grottammare is a town ...

plateau, linking

Castello Tesino Castello Tesino (''Castèl Tasìn'' or ''Castèlo'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento. Castello Tesino borders the following mu ...

and

Canal San Bovo Canal San Bovo (''Canal'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about north-east of Trento. Canal San Bovo is a typical alpine village; from 1401 to 1918 ...

. The pass road was built between 1905 and 1908.

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