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Castillon: Tunnel de Castillon - Route de la Pénétrante
Rebuilt below its original hilltop settlement after the 1887 Ligurian earthquake, Castillon grew into a small mountain commune in the Maritime Alps above the French Riviera. The Route de la Pénétrante forms part of the road connection between Menton on the Mediterranean coast and Sospel in the hinterland, threading through steep, wooded terrain near the Italian border. The Tunnel de Castillon is one of the engineered passages that makes this route possible, carrying the road beneath the slopes rather than over their bends. Castillon’s present-day village reflects the reconstruction that followed the earthquake, while the ruins of the older settlement recall its earlier perch.
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