Monte Lera is a mountain in the Alpi di Lanzo, a sub-group of the

Graian Alps The Graian Alps (Latin language, Latin:: ''Alpes Graiæ'' ; ; ) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps, and the name of an Roman province, Antic Rome province. Etymology The name ''Graie'' comes from the ''Graioceli'' Celts, Celt ...

, with an elevation of 1,368 m. It is located between the Val Casternone and the

Ceronda The Ceronda () is a long creek in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, region in northwestern Italy. Geography It is formed from several streams that drain the northern slopes of Monte Colombano and converge near Varisella. Flowing from ...

valley in the communes of

Val della Torre Val della Torre is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin. It is situated in the Graian Alps. The Monte Colombano Monte Colombano (in Piedmontese mont Colo ...

Varisella Varisella is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the Val Ceronda about northwest of Turin. The highest point of its territory is Monte Colombano Monte Colombano (in Piedmont ...

and

Givoletto Givoletto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin. It is located at the feet of the Graian Alps The Graian Alps (Latin language, Latin:: ''Alpes Graiæ'' ...

. It houses a sanctuary dedicated to the

Madonna of the Snow The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (''In Dedicatione basilicae S. Mariae'') is a feast day in the General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church, optionally celebrated annually on 5 August with the rank of memorial. In earlier edit ...

, included in a regional reserve instituted in 1984 to protect the rare '' Euphorbia gibelliana''.

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 = North Western Alps * section =

* subsection = Southern Graian Alps * supergroup = catena Rocciamelone-Charbonel * group = gruppo del Rocciamelone * subgroup = cresta Lunella-Arpone *

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= I/B-7.I-A.2.b

References

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