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Ambin Group
The Ambin group (''Groupe d'Ambin'' in French, ''Gruppo d'Ambin'' in Italian) is a sub-range of the Cottian Alps located on the French-Italian border. Geography Administratively the range is divided between the Italian ''provincia di Torino'' (southern slopes) and the French ''département de la Savoie'' (northern slopes). Borders The borders of Ambin group are (clockwise): * Etiache pass (west, it connects Ambin group with Pierre Menue group); * ruisseau d'Etache, ruisseau d'Ambin, Arc and ruisseau de la Fémaz (north); * Mont Cenis pass (east, it connects Ambin group with the Graian Alps); * torrente Rochemolles, Dora Riparia and Cenischia (south). Notable summits Mountain huts * Rifugio Levi Molinari (1,850 m - Exilles) * Refuge de Bramanette (2,080 m - Bramans) * Refuge du Petit Mont-Cenis (2,110 m - Bramans) * Rifugio Scarfiotti (2,165 m - Bardonecchia) * Refuge d'Ambin (2,270 m - Bramans) * Rifugio Avanzà (2,578 m - Venaus) * Rifugio Piero Vacca (2,670 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Cenis
Mont Cenis ( it, Moncenisio) is a massif (el. 3,612 m / 11,850 ft at Pointe de Ronce) and a pass (el. 2,085 m / 6,840 ft) in Savoie (France), which forms the limit between the Cottian and Graian Alps. Route The term "Mont Cenis" could derive from ''mont des cendres'' ("mountain of ashes"). According to tradition, following a forest fire, a great quantity of ashes accumulated on the ground, thus the name. The path of ashes was found during the building work of the route. The pass connects Val-Cenis in France in the northwest with Susa in Italy in the southeast. Thence the valley of the Dora Riparia is followed to Turin (103.8 km / 64.5 mi from Modane). The carriage road mounts the Arc valley for 25.7 km / 16 mi from Modane to Lanslebourg, whence it is 12.9 km / 8 mi to the hospice, a little way beyond the summit of the pass. The descent lies through the Cenis valley to Susa (49.9 km / 37 mi from Modane) where the road joins the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bardonecchia
Bardonecchia (; french: Bardonèche or ; pms, Bardonecia ; oc, Bardonescha ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley. It grew out of a small village with the works for the Frejus Rail Tunnel, the first crossing the Alps. The town hosted the snowboarding events of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Geography The town, which is located about from Turin at the intersection of four valleys, is surrounded by mountains, including several whose peaks surpass . The historic center is set back and elevated (Borgo Vecchio), while the new part of town was built around the train station (Borgo Nuovo). The town has grown thanks to activities related to customs, logistics, and tourism; as a result, it has incorporated some neighboring villages and thus is one of the largest towns in the Susa Valley. Bardonecchia is at one end of both the Fréjus Road Tunnel and the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, part of a TGV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bramans
Bramans is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis. 8 August 2016 Twin towns — sister cities Bramans is twinned with: * , Italy (2010)See also *Communes of the Savoie department
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Exilles
Exilles (Occitan: ''Eissilhas''; nonstandard Occitan: ''Isiya''; Piedmontese: ''Isiles''; Latin: ''Excingomagus'' or ''Scingomagus''; Italianization under Italian Fascism: ''Esille'') is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, on the border with France. It is the location of the Exilles Fort, an alpine fortification which guarded the route between the Kingdom of France and the Duchy of Savoy. Exilles borders the following municipalities: Bardonecchia, Bramans (France), Chiomonte, Giaglione, Oulx, Pragelato, Salbertrand, and Usseaux. History The ancients considered Exilles the first place in Italy coming from Gaul over the Alpine passes. As ''Scingomagus'' ( grc, Σκιγγόμαγος), Exilles is first mentioned by Strabo,iv. who, when speaking of one of the passes of the Alps, says that from ''Ebrodunum ''(modern Embrun) on the Gallic side through ''Brigantium'' (modern Briançon) and ''Scingomagus ''and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refuge Ambin Sfondo Signal Petit Mt Cenis
Refuge is a place or state of safety. It may also refer to a more specific meaning: Safety * Area of refuge, a location in a building that may be used by occupants in the event of a fire * Bunker, a defensive fortification designed to protect people from bombs or other attacks * Mountain hut, a shelter for travelers in mountainous areas, often remote * Women's refuge, another term for women's shelter * Refuge (United Kingdom charity), a British charity for female victims of domestic violence * A place intended to shelter cultural property, in the context of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict * Right of asylum, protection of a person persecuted for political or religious beliefs by another sovereign authority Nature and biology * Wildlife refuge, a sanctuary or protected area for wildlife * Refuge (ecology), a place where an organism can escape from predation * Refugium (population biology), a location of an isolated or reli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Froid
The Mont Froid is a 2,822 m high mountain of the northern Cottian Alps. Geography The mountain is located in the French departement of Savoie (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), near the Italian border. It lies close to the main chain of the Alps, to which is connected by a brief ridge starting fom a 2,719 metres high minor summit. From there the main ridge follows eastwards with the Col de Sollières (2,639 m) and Signal du Petit Mont-Cenis, while southwards it continues with Col de Bellecombe (2,475 m) and Pointe de Bellecombe. The Mont Froid, according to the French Alps classification, is part of the Massif des Cerces, while for the SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') it belongs to the Northern Cottian Alps. Geology The Mont Froid is mainly made of blackish schists with an underlying basement of gypsum. History On the mountain, which thanks to its locations can control a large part of the Moncenisio plateau and Maurienne valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pointe De Bellecombe
The Pointe de Bellecombe is a 2,775 m high mountain of the northern Cottian Alps. Geography The mountain is located in the French departement of Savoie (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), near the Italian border. It belongs to the main chain of the Alps and stands on the water divide between the watersheds of the Dora Riparia (Po Valley) and of the Arc ( Rhone Valley). It lyes between the Col du Petit Mont-Cenis (2,183 m) and the Col de Bellecombe (2,475 m). History The mountain, although lying on the Alpine watershed between the Val di Susa and the Maurienne, is entirely in French territory following the boundary adjustments decided in the 1947 Treaty of Paris. The area was interested by the Vallo Alpino and ligne Maginot fortifications and then during the II World War saw the fights facing the ''chasseurs alpins'' (French Army) and the German mountain troops. Access to the summit The summit can be reached on foot starting from the refuge du Petit Mont Cenis (at 2,095 m). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Malamot
Mont Malamot (Italian: ''Monte Malamot''; also called ''Pointe Droset'' in French) is a mountain in the northern Cottian Alps, near the Mont Cenis pass. It has an elevation of . History Nowadays entirely included in French territory, it separates the valleys of Dora Riparia and Arc. At the top is a large fortification built by the Italian Regio Esercito in 1889, on two floors, which could house some 200 troops. The area was further fortified in 1932-1940 during the construction of the Alpine Wall The Alpine Wall (''Vallo Alpino'') was an Italian system of fortifications along the of Italy's northern frontier. Built in the years leading up to World War II at the direction of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the defensive line faced Franc .... Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Malamot Mountains of the Alps Landforms of Savoie Mountains of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont D'Ambin
, photo = Rocca d'Ambin e Denti d'Ambin.JPG , photo_caption = Mont d'Ambin (right) , elevation_m = 3378 , elevation_ref = Geoportale IGM owww.pcn.minambiente.it/ref> , prominence_m = 506 , prominence_ref = key col: Colle d'Ambin(2,872 m) , parent_peak = Rognosa d'Etiache , listing = Alpine mountains above 3000 m , range = Cottian Alps , location = Savoie, France Province of Turin, Italy , map = Alps , map_caption = Location in the Alps , label_position = left , coordinates = , coordinates_ref = , type = , first_ascent = , easiest_route = Mont d'Ambin (in French) or Rocca d'Ambin (in Italian) is a mountain on the border of Savoie, France and of the Province of Turin, Italy. It lies in the Ambin group of the Cottian Alps. On the Italian side, it commands the view of the Val di Susa. It has an elevation of above sea level. The Mont d'Ambin base tunnel of the Lyon–Turin rail link is being dug at its base. Maps * Italian official cartography (''Istituto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punta Sommeiller
Punta Sommeiller (in Italian) or Pointe Sommeiller (in French) is a mountain of the Province of Turin, Italy and of Savoie, France. It lies in the Cottian Alps range. It has an elevation of above sea level. Etymology The old name of the mountain was ''Rognosa di Galambra'', which derived from the secondary valley of Galambra (a tributary of Dora Riparia). It was then renamed by the geologist Martino Baretti, author of the first documented ascent to the summit, in order to avoid confusions with two neighboring ''"Rognosa"''s, Rognosa d'Etiache and Rognosa del Sestriere. The new name was chosen to honour Germain Sommeiller, the civil engineer which directed the construction of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel between Savoy and Piedmont. Geography In the French subdivision of western Alps it belongs to the '' Massif du Mont-Cenis'' while in the SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') it is part of the mountain group called ''" gruppo d'Ambin"'' (Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocca D'Ambin E Denti D'Ambin
Rocca may refer to: *Rocca (surname) *Rocca (fortification), a fortifiable stronghold *Rocca (crater), a lunar crater *Rocca (French rapper) (born 1975), French–Colombian rapper Places ;Municipalities (''comuni'') of Italy *Rocca Canavese, in the province of Turin *Rocca Canterano, in the province of Rome *Rocca Cigliè, in the province of Cuneo *Rocca d'Arazzo, in the province of Asti *Rocca d'Arce, in the province of Frosinone *Rocca de' Baldi, in the province of Cuneo *Rocca de' Giorgi, in the province of Pavia *Rocca d'Evandro, in the province of Caserta *Rocca di Botte, in the province of L'Aquila *Rocca di Cambio, in the province of L'Aquila *Rocca di Cave, in the province of Rome *Rocca di Mezzo, in the province of L'Aquila *Rocca di Neto, in the province of Crotone *Rocca di Papa, in the province of Rome *Rocca Grimalda, in the province of Alessandria *Rocca Imperiale, in the province of Cosenza *Rocca Massima, in the province of Latina *Rocca Pia, in the province of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
