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Cima Delle Guardie
Cima delle Guardie (''Sima dle Guardie'' in Piedmontese language, Piedmontese) is a mountain of Piedmont, Italy, with an elevation of . It is located in the Biellese Alps, in the Province of Biella. It lies between the Val Sessera and the Valle Cervo, in the territory of Campiglia Cervo (western side) and Valdilana (eastern side). The peak is at the junction of three ridges: one descends to the north-east towards the Val Sessera; one joins the peak to the Cima del Bonom, to the south; one joins the Cima delle Guardie to the Punta del Cravile, to the north-west. The peak can be reached on foot from Bocchetto Sessera or from Forgnengo, a hamlet of Campiglia Cervo. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest. Piedmont also borders Switzerland to the north and France to the west. Piedmont has an area of , making it the second-largest region of Italy after Sicily. It has 4,255,702 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital of Piedmont is Turin, which was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. Toponymy The French ''Piedmont'', the Italian ''Piemonte'', and other variant cognates come from the medieval Latin or , i.e. , meaning "at the foot of the mountains" (referring to the Alps), attested in documents from the end of the 12th century. Geography Piedmont is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including Monte Viso, Monviso, where the Po River, river Po rises, and Monte Rosa. It borders France (Auvergne-Rhône ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
