Alta Valle Intelvi is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Como
The province of Como (; Comasco dialect, Comasco: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It borders the Switzerland, Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grisons, Grigioni to the north, the Italian provinces of Province of ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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region
Lombardy
The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
. It was created on 1 January 2017 after the merger of the former ''comuni'' of
Lanzo d'Intelvi
Lanzo d'Intelvi () is a village in Italy and a former (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about north of Como, on the border with Switzerland. It has been frazione of Al ...
,
Pellio Intelvi and
Ramponio Verna.
Main sights
The
Balcone d'Italia, located in the area of Lanzo d'Intelvi, is a mountain view-point with extensive views over
Lake Lugano
Lake Lugano ( or , from ; ) is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and northern Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore. It was cited for the first t ...
and the
city of Lugano, to the high
Alps
The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
...
. It can be reached by road from Lanzo d'Intelvi.
References
External links
Official website
2017 establishments in Italy
Populated places established in 2017
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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