Croce d’Aune
The Croce d'Aune is a mountain pass in the Italian Dolomites, 1,015 metres above sea level, between Aune and Pedavena in Belluno Province. It became famous as the place where Tullio Campagnolo, while trying and failing to remove the rear wheel of his bicycle, invented the quick release skewer.Places of Interest
Highlights: Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei church and Cemetery of Aune.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aune and Servo.
Croce d’Aune
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,011 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Categories: mountain pass, human settlement, and landform
- Location: Sovramonte, Belluno, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
46.0618° or 46° 3′ 43″ north
Longitude
11.8301° or 11° 49′ 48″ east
Elevation
1,011 metres (3,317 feet)
Open location code
8FRH3R6J+P2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Croce d’Aune” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Catalan: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Cebuano: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Chechen: “Пасо Кроче д’Ауне (Белуно)”
- Chechen: “Пасо Кроче д’Ауне”
- Czech: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Danish: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Dutch: “Croce d’Aune”
- Finnish: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- French: “Croce d’Aune”
- German: “Croce d’Aune”
- Indonesian: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Italian: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Japanese: “クローチェ・ダウネ峠”
- Macedonian: “Кроче д’Ауне”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Polish: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Portuguese: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Romanian: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Serbian: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Serbian: “Пасо Кроче д’Ауне”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Passo Croce d’Aune, Belluno”
- Slovak: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Slovenian: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Spanish: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Swedish: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Tagalog: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Tatar: “Пасо Кроче д’Ауне (Белуно)”
- Tatar: “Пасо Кроче д’Ауне”
- Turkish: “Passo Croce d’Aune”
- Waray (Philippines): “Passo Croce d’Aune”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Croce d’Aune and Porzhilòt.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Punto informativo Croce d’Aune and Chiesa Beata Vergine Madonna di Pompei.
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