Somosierra (mountain pass)
Somosierra is a
Segovia. Just south of the pass is the municipality of Somosierra
with a population of 77.
It has an altitude of 1,434 metres (4,705 ft) and is crossed by the
E5) road through Túnel Juan Manuel Morón Garcia, a short twin-bore tunnel named in honour of a civil engineer who worked on the Spanish motorway network.[1]
There is also a 3.9-kilometre-long (2.4 mi) rail tunnel.
History
The road was originally a track opened up by
Napoleon to provide a direct route to Madrid. In 1808 this led to the Battle of Somosierra
between French-Polish and Spanish forces.
In 1936, at the beginning of the
Falangist units and Spanish Republican Army troops.[2]
References
- ^ "El túnel de Somosierra, en el kilómetro 91 de la A-1, cambia de nombre y pasa a llamarse túnel de Morón García". Europa Press (in Spanish). 18 November 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Análisis Cronológico de la Guerra Civil Española
External links
41°8′6″N 3°34′52″W / 41.13500°N 3.58111°W
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