Monte Grammondo is a mountain in

Liguria Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with ...

, northern

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, part of the

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Geography

The mountain is located in the provinces of

Imperia Imperia (; or ) is a coastal city and ''comune'' in the Regions of Italy, region of Liguria, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Imperia, and historically it was capital of the ''Intemelia'' district of Liguria. Benito Mussolini create ...

in Italy and

Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; ; ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the France–Italy border, Italian border and Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'A ...

in France. It lies at an altitude of 1378 metres.

SOIUSA classification

According to the

SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA. SOIUSA (an acronym for - English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view. It was designed by Sergio Maraz ...

(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain can be classified in the following way: * main part =

Western Alps The Western Alps are the western part of the Alps, Alpine Range including the southeastern part of France (e.g. Savoie), the whole of Monaco, the northwestern part of Italy (i.e. Piedmont and the Aosta Valley) and the southwestern part of Switzer ...

* major sector = South Western Alps * section =

Maritime Alps The Maritime Alps ( ; ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between the regions of France, French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and the regions of Italy, Italian regions of Piedmont and Liguria ...

* subsection = ( Fr:Préalpes de Nice/ It:Prealpi di Nizza) * supergroup = ( Fr:Groupe Rocaillon-Grand Braus/ It: Gruppo Rocaillon-Grand Braus) * group = ( Fr:Chaîne Grand Baus-Razet-Grandmont/ It:Catena Braus-Razet-Grandmont) *

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= I/A-2.II-A.2

Access to the summit

Grammondo's top can be reached on foot from Bevera valley starting from the villages of

Sospel Sospel (; Mentonasc: ''Sospèl''; ) is a commune (municipality) and former schismatic episcopal seat (1381-1418) in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France near the Italian border and not far from Monte Carlo. And, from 1912 t ...

(in

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), Olivetta, Torri, San Pancrazio or Villatella (

), and also from Castellar and Castillon, located in the valleys nearby

Menton Menton (; in classical norm or in Mistralian norm, , ; ; or depending on the orthography) is a Commune in France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italia ...

(

Conservation

The Italian slopes of Monte Grammondo, along with most of the

n part of

Bévéra The Bévéra (in French, ) or Bevera (in Italian) (''Beura'' in Occitan and Ligurian) is a river of southeastern France and northwestern Italy. Geography Bévéra source is in the Maritime Alps, near Moulinet in the French Alpes-Maritimes de ...

valley, belongs to a SIC ''(

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)'' called ''M. Grammondo T. Bevera'' (code IT 1315717).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grammondo, Monte Mountains of the Ligurian Alps Mountains of Liguria Mountains of Alpes-Maritimes One-thousanders of Italy One-thousanders of France France–Italy border International mountains of Europe Mountains partially in France