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Asco River
The Asco ( co, Ascu) is a small river in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is a tributary of the Golo. The river rises in the Monte Cinto massif among some of the highest mountains of Corsica, passes a ski resort and the old village of Asco and cuts through a dramatic gorge before joining the Golo. Course The Asco is long. It crosses the communes of Asco, Canavaggia, Moltifao and Morosaglia. It rises at an elevation of . The source is to the southeast of the Monte Cinto. The Asco flows northwest, then north past the Haut-Asco resort, then runs northeast to the village of Asco, east-northeast to the south of the village of Molifao, then east to a point just north of Ponte Leccia, where it joins the Golo. Its mouth is at an elevation of . The Tartagine river joins the Asco about above the confluence of the Asco with the Golo. The D147 follows the river from Haut-Asco to Moltifao, then the D47 follows it to Ponte Leccia. The D147 is a narrow, steep and win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Cinto
Monte Cinto ( co, Monte Cintu) is the highest mountain on the island of Corsica, a region of France. Geography The elevation of the mountain is and so is its prominence, making it one of the most prominent peaks in Europe. It is the highest peak of the Monte Cinto massif, one of the four main massifs in Corsica. Its location gives it a theoretical panorama of mountains on mainland Europe stretching from near Marseille to Rome. The most distant mountain theoretically visible is Monte Rosa in Italy, just west of north, approximately away.http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/panoramas/EUR/CINTO-N.gif History The first known ascent of Monte Cinto was on 6 June 1882, by a party led by Édouard Rochat who reached the summit via the mountain's southern slopes. On 26 May 1883 a party led by the English mountaineer Francis Fox Tuckett, and including the French guide François Devouassoud and the landscape painter Edward Theodore Compton, also ascended the mountain by the pass that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punta Minuta
Punta Minuta is a mountain in the department of Haute-Corse on the island of Corsica, France. It is in the Monte Cinto massif. Location The peak is in the commune of Albertacce, just south of the communes of Asco to the northeast and Manso to the northwest. The nearest road is the D147 to the north, which runs northwest from the village of Asco. Physical Punta Minuta is high and has a prominence of . It is isolated by from the slopes of its nearest higher neighbor, Monte Cinto. It is in the central chain of the Monte Cinto massif at a point where a ridge leads east to the Monte Cinto. It is in the ''Grande Barriere'', the crestline that runs from Monte Cinto westward to Paglia Orba. It is northeast of the Paglia Orba. Punta Minuta is drained to the west by tributaries of the Fango river, to the north by tributaries of the Asco river and to the south by tributaries of the Golo river. The southern side of the mountain is free of snow from May/June until September. The no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capu Biancu
The Capu Biancu is a mountain in the department of Haute-Corse on the island of Corsica, France. Location Capu Biancu is on a ridge that forms the boundary between the communes of Asco and Corscia in Haute-Corse. Other peaks on the ridge are the Capo al Berdato to the west, and Capo Razino to the east. The ridge separates the Asco valley to the north from the Niolo to the south. The nearest road is the D147 to the north, which runs west from the village of Asco. The Ruisseau de Ghieriosa rises to the west of the Capu Biancu. It is a tributary of the Ruisseau de Stranciacone, one of the headwaters of the Asco. Physical The Capu Biancu has an elevation of and a clean prominence of . It has an isolation of from Monte Cinto to the southwest. It is in the Monte Cinto massif. Hiking The peak may be accessed from Asco through the Pinara Valley or from the village of Corscia on the Nolo side. The route from Corscia follows the road and then a marked trail past the Funtana di Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponte Leccia
Ponte Leccia (; or Ponte-Leccia) is a French village, part of the municipality (''commune'') of Morosaglia, in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica. Its name in Corsican language is U Ponte à a Leccia. Geography Situated at the confluence between Asco and Golo rivers, it lies few km in the east of Morosaglia and is far from Corte, 46 from Bastia, 60 from Calvi and 100 from Ajaccio. Transport Ponte Leccia has a railway station on the CFC line Ajaccio-Bastia, on the junction point with the line to Calvi. It is crossed by the national roads N193 and N197. It has been used as a special stage in the Tour de Corse. Gallery File:Pont de Ponte Leccia.jpg, The "Genoese Bridge" File:Ponte-Leccia gare aout 1994-a.jpg, Railway station in 1994 See also *Corsican people The Corsicans ( Corsican, Italian and Ligurian: ''Corsi''; French: ''Corses'') are a Romance ethnic group. They are native to Corsica, a Mediterranean island and a territorial collectivity of France. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartagine
The Tartagine (french: Rivière de Tartagine) is a river in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It flows through the Monte Cinto massif. It is a tributary of the Asco, which in turn is a tributary of the Golo. Course The Tartagine is long. It crosses the communes of Canavaggia, Castifao, Mausoléo, Moltifao, Olmi-Cappella and Vallica. The Tartagine rises to the east of the Monte Corona in the commune of Olmi-Cappella. It is known as the Ruisseau de Balaninu in its upper section above the Fontaine de Targtagine. The river flows northeast through the ''Forêt de Tartagine-Melaja'' to the south of the village of Mausoléo, then east to the village of Piana north of Castifao, then southeast to its confluence with the Asco to the north of Ponte Leccia. The Asco in turn joins the Golo soon after. Downstream from Piana the Tartagine is followed by the D247 road and then the T30 road. Environment The ''Forêt de Tartagine'' (Tartagine Forest) is dominated by mariti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morosaglia
Morosaglia (; ; co, Merusaglia, link=no, ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department, on the island of Corsica, France. Since 2015, it is the seat of the canton of Golo-Morosaglia. History Morosaglia is the native commune of Pasquale Paoli (1725-1807). The house in which he was born is a museum. This commune also is the historical seat of the Corsican Republic. Paoli had his chambers in the Franciscan monastery and the Corsican parliament met there. Geography Morosaglia is to the northeast of Corte in Castagniccia. The commune extends to the east to the largest mountain of Castagniccia, mounting to to the peak of San Paolu, and stretches to the west for beyond the river Golo. In the plain of the river, nearly at its confluence with the Asco, on the Bastia-Ajaccio road, is the hamlet of Ponte-Leccia, where the only railway branch of the entire island is located, the branch to Calvi. The statisticians have given the name of Ponte-Leccia to a microregion of 3,800 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia, which is the land mass nearest to it. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island. , it had a population of 349,465. The island is a territorial collectivity of France. The regional capital is Ajaccio. Although the region is divided into two administrative departments, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, their respective regional and departmental territorial collectivities were merged on 1 January 2018 to form the single territorial collectivity of Corsica. As such, Corsica enjoys a greater degree of autonomy than other French regional collectivities; for example, the Corsican Assembly is permitted to exercise limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moltifao
Moltifao (; co, Moltifau) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): References Communes of Haute-Corse Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{HauteCorse-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canavaggia
Canavaggia is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Since 2015, it is part of the canton of Golo-Morosaglia. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 communes of the Haute-Corse department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Corse Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{HauteCorse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
