The Alps are the highest high mountain range in Europe | Italy has a traditional uniform tripartite division of the Alps into the Western, Central and Eastern Alps, the Partizione delle Alpi (1924), which is based on historical geographical agreement | According to this the Western Alps begin at the Mediterranean and extend to the Aosta Valley - Mont Blanc line, the Central Alps lie between the Aosta Valley / Mont Blanc and the Brenner Pass, and the Eastern Alps extend from the Brenner Pass to Slovenia