The Col de Montgenèvre (Italian: Passo del Monginevro; elevation 1860 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Cottian Alps, in France 2 kilometres away from Italy.

Its importance has always lain in the fact that it is the lowest of the principal crossings of the main range of the Alps between France and Italy.

It was known to the Romans before 118 BC, when Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus started construction of the Via Domitia road, which terminated at the pass.

[1] Roman General Pompey used it on his campaign to Spain in 77 BC and claimed to have opened up a more favorable route.

The Col de Montgenèvre is considered a possible route for Hannibal's famous passage through the Alps on his journey from the Rhône river valley to Italy.