Futa Pass

Futa Pass

The Futa Pass or La Futa Pass ["Webster's New Geographical Dictionary", p. 60] ( _it. Passo della Futa) is a pass in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, at an elevation of 903 m. It is located in the "comune" of Firenzuola, in the province of Florence. It separated the valleys of Mugello and of the Santerno River.

It is crossed by the Regional Road 65 (strada della Futa) which connects Florence to Bologna.During World War II it was part of the Gothic Line. A German military cemetery was created in the nearby in the 1950s.

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References

"Webster's New Geographical Dictionary". Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1984. ISBN 0-87779-446-4.


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