Monte Carmo is a mountain in the Ligurian Apennine, northern

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Geography

The mountain is located at the boundary between the three regions of

Liguria it, Ligure , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

and

Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ...

. With an altitude of ,''Appennino ligure e tosco-emiliano'', Marco Salvo and Daniele Canossini,

Touring Club Italiano The Touring Club Italiano (TCI) (Italian Touring Club or Touring Club of Italy) is the major Italian national tourist organization. The Touring Club Ciclistico Italiano (TCCI) was founded on 8 November 1894 by a group of bicyclists to promote the ...

, 2003
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Monte Antola Monte Antola (in Ligurian ''munte Antua'') is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines. Geography The mountain is located between the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria. It lies at an altitude of 1597 metres.' ...

Group. Nearby are the

Val Borbera The Val Borbera ( lij, Val Borbëa or ''Borbéia''; pms, Val Borbaja) is a valley formed by the River Borbera, a tributary of the Scrivia, located in the province of Alessandria. It was historically linked to the Republic of Genoa, the Ligurian ...

Val Trebbia The Trebbia (stressed ''Trèbbia''; la, Trebia) is a river predominantly of Liguria and Emilia Romagna in northern Italy. It is one of the four main right-bank tributaries of the river Po, the other three being the Tanaro, the Secchia and the P ...

, Val Boreca and Valle Terenzone valleys. Its summit is a

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at which the borders of the

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and

meet.

Hiking

Monte Carmo was crossed by the so-called "Lombard Salt Road", which from

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the cap ...

led to

Torriglia Torriglia ( lij, Torriggia) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located in the upper Trebbia valley, about northeast of Genoa. Torriglia borders the following municipalities: Davagna, ...

and then to

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References

External links

Page at summitpost.org
Mountains of Emilia-Romagna Mountains of Liguria Mountains of Piedmont Mountains of the Apennines One-thousanders of Italy {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub