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Alpine Tunnel to Venice Rouses European Trade Dreams
The piece celebrates the Mont Fréjus tunnel linking Macon to Venice and Brindisi, promising swift Alpine crossing and boosted commerce. It predicts vast traffic from Riviera to Italy and argues the project heals Piedmont’s prosperity while foreseeing Brindisi as a future Marseilles of Italy. It laments France's wartime losses and warns glory costs.
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