Col de Pierre Pertuis

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Col de Pierre Pertuis is a mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

The name of the pass comes from the Latin: Petra pertusa, meaning broken rock. The pass road has been dated to the second half of the 1st century AD. A 159 by 96 centimetres large inscription on the north side of the road lists Marcus Dunius Paternus, the duumvir of the Helvetii Colony Aventicum, as the builder of the road. This inscription honors the emperor and dates to around 200 AD. It probably refers to the renovation and expansion of the existing road and the widening of the rocky gate leading into the pass.

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Dachsfelden, Bernerische Jura, Switzerland

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