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The Best Attractions In Argentera

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Monte Argentera is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont, northern Italy. With an elevation of 3,297 metres , it is the highest peak in the range. The peak is located in the upper Valle Gesso, on the boundary between the municipalities of Entracque and Valdieri. Geologically, it is formed by gneiss of various composition, with local outcrops of granite.
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The Best Attractions In Argentera

  • 1. Colle della Maddalena Argentera
    The Maddalena Pass is a high mountain pass between the Cottian Alps and the Maritime Alps, located on the border between Italy and France. It connects Barcelonnette in France with Cuneo in Italy. Its French name Col de Larche refers to the village Larche on its northwestern side. Under its earlier name, Col de l'Argentière it has historically linked Lyon with Italy; the Col de l'Argentière was in the possession of the house of Savoy from 1388 to 1713, offering an easy route between Piedmont and its outlying valley of Barcelonnette, which came into Savoyard possession in 1388, when Amadeus VI of Savoy purchased it for the sum of 60,000 ecus, it was of such strategic and commercial importance. A few hundred metres from the pass, on its Italian side, is the Lago della Maddalena, which is th...
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  • 2. Zoom Torino Cumiana
    Zoom Torino is a zoo and amusement park in Cumiana, near Turin, northern Italy, created in 2007. It covers 180,000 square metres .The zoo is meant to represent the continents of Asia and Africa using immersive exhibits.
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  • 3. Sacra di San Michele Sant Ambrogio Di Torino
    The Sacra di San Michele, sometimes known as Saint Michael's Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa in the territory of the municipality of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. The abbey, which for much of its history came under Benedictine rule, is now entrusted to the Rosminians. A special regional law acknowledges it as the Symbolic monument of the Piedmont region. This monumental abbey served as one of the inspirations for the book The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.
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  • 4. Castello di Grinzane Cavour Grinzane Cavour
    The Castle of Grinzane Cavour is a fortification in Grinzane Cavour, Piedmont, northern Italy. On 22 June 2014, the castle of Grinzane Cavour was inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage list.
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  • 5. Castello di Racconigi Racconigi
    The Royal Castle of Racconigi is a palace and landscape park in Racconigi, province of Cuneo, Italy. It was the official residence of the Carignano line of the House of Savoy, and is one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy included by UNESCO in the World Heritage Sites list.
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