The Colle Fauniera is a

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

Cottian Alps The Cottian Alps (; french: Alpes Cottiennes ; it, Alpi Cozie ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between France (Hautes-Alpes and Savoie) and Italy (Piedmont). The Fréjus Road Tunnel and Fréjus Rai ...

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, northern

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, located at 2,480+ m elevation.{{Citation needed, date=July 2011 It is part of the communal territory of

Castelmagno Castelmagno (Vivaro-Alpine: ''Chastèlmanh'') is a small ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about west of Cuneo. The population of the municipality of Caste ...

and

Demonte Demonte is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about southwest of Cuneo, in the Valle Stura di Demonte. Demonte borders the following municipalities: Aisone, ...

. It connects the Valle Grana, which ends here, with the Vallone dell'Arma (a lateral of the

Valle Stura di Demonte The Stura di Demonte Valley (in Italian ''Valle Stura di Demonte'') is a valley in south-west of Piedmont in the Province of Cuneo, Italy. Etymology The valley takes its name from the river Stura di Demonte, a left-hand tributary of the Tanaro wh ...

). The name ''Colle dei Morti'' stems from a fierce fighting occurred in the nearby during the 17th century between Franco-Spanish and Piedmontese troops.

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