Round 20: Tossup 11
The detention of Maiolus (“my-OH-lus”) of Cluny at one of these natural features formerly named for Jupiter may have prompted a priest, for whom it was later named, to found an institution there. A medieval city that thrived from its position between two of these features grew out of Augusta Praetoria Salassorum. The Walser (“VAL-ser”) people built the Twärrenbrücke (“t’VAIR-un-brook-uh”) to facilitate use of one of these features, enriching the “Forest States” that signed the Pact of Brunnen. A baggage train with gold from Zaragoza was captured at a battle named for one of these features, the site of a similar battle won by a Banu Qasi and Vasconic army. The rear guard was slaughtered at a 778 battle named for one of these features that took place after the sack of Pamplona. For 10 points, name this kind of natural feature where Basque warriors routed the army of Charlemagne at Roncevaux ■END■
ANSWER: mountain passes [accept Roncevaux Pass; accept passes in the Alps or passes in the Pyrenees; accept gorge; prompt on mountains or mountain ranges or massifs; prompt on mountains in the Alps or Pyrenees] (The first line refers to Mons Jovis, which was later renamed for Bernard of Menthon, i.e. St Bernard’s Pass.)
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