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Cascate Del Serio
The Serio Falls ( it, Cascate del Serio; Lombard: ''i'' ''Cascàde del Sère'') are the tallest waterfall in Italy, and the second tallest waterfall in Europe. Geography They are located 100 km north of Milan, 50 km from Bergamo, near the village of Valbondione, in the Bergamo Alps (Italian: ''Alpi Orobie'') upper Valle Seriana, Province of Bergamo, in the alpine Lombardy region of Northern Italy. Located at 1751m MAMSL, the falls are composed of three main steps, respectively 166, 74 and 75 metres tall; taken together the falls have a drop of 315 m (more than 1000 ft). The falls are formed by the Serio River, at a short distance from its source in the Bergamo Alps (''Alpi Orobie''). The falls are served by Bergamo Orio Al Serio airport (60 km), Milan- Linate (102 km) and Milan-Malpensa (145 km). Depictions in culture The falls were used as a film location of the 2017 movie ''Call Me By Your Name'' by Luca Guadagnino Luca Guadagnino (; born 10 August 1971 ...
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Bergamasque Alps
The Bergamasque Alps or Bergamo Alps (Italian: ''Alpi Orobie'', sometimes translated into English as Orobic Alps) are a mountain range in the Italian Alps. They are located in northern Lombardy and named after the city Bergamo, south of the mountains. Within the Eastern Alps, the Alpine Club or AVE system places them within the Western Limestone Alps, while the SOIUSA system classifies them within the Southeastern Alps. Peaks The main peaks of the Bergamasque Alps are: Passes The main mountain passes of the Bergamasque Alps are: Gallery File:Lagobarbellino3.jpg, Barbellino Lake File:Cascatedelserio.JPG, Serio Falls File:Vista su Valbondione 01.JPG, Valbondione, in the Park of the Bergamo Orobic Alps File:Going through Prà de'Lac.jpg, Prà de'Lac File:Pizzo Redorta 02.JPG, Redorta File:Recastello3.jpg, Recastello File:Recastello4.jpg, Recastello File:Pizzo Coca.jpg, Pizzo Coca File:Bergamasque Alps in Summer.jpg, View of Punta Scais peak from Gromo File:Alpi Orobie d'est ...
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Province Of Bergamo
The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. Geography The Province of Bergamo borders the province of Sondrio to the north, the province of Brescia to the east, the province of Cremona to the south and the Metropolitan City of Milan and the provinces of Monza and Brianza and Lecco to the west. The northern part spans the Orobian Alps with the highest point being Mount Coca at . Its rivers include the Serio, Dezzo, Cherio, Brembo, and Adda. Its valleys include the Seriana, Cavallina, and Brembana. Other, smaller but important valleys include the Valle Imagna, the Val di Scalve, the Val Brembilla, the Val Serina, and the Val Taleggio. The southern part is mainly made up of flatlands. In the east, Lake Iseo forms its boundary which the Oglio from the Camonica Valley fl ...
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Luca Guadagnino
Luca Guadagnino (; born 10 August 1971) is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films are often characterized by their emotional complexities, sensuality and sumptuous visuals. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with actors Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg, editor Walter Fasano and screenwriter David Kajganich. Born in Palermo, Guadagnino spent part of his childhood in Ethiopia, but emigrated back to Italy with his family to escape the Ethiopian Civil War. He began his career directing short films and documentaries. He made his feature-film debut with '' The Protagonists'' (1999), the first of his many collaborations with Swinton. His follow-up '' Melissa P.'' (2005), based on the book of Melissa Panarello, was a commercial success in Italy but was met with mixed critical reception. Guadagnino gained further acclaim with his Desire Trilogy which consists of the films: '' I Am Love'' (2009), '' A Bigger Splash'' (2015) ...
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Call Me By Your Name (film)
''Call Me by Your Name'' ( it, Chiamami col tuo nome, link=no) is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. Its screenplay, by James Ivory, who also co-produced, is based on the 2007 novel of the same title by André Aciman. The film is the final instalment in Guadagnino's thematic "Desire" trilogy, after '' I Am Love'' (2009), and '' A Bigger Splash'' (2015). Set in 1983 in northern Italy, ''Call Me by Your Name'' chronicles the romantic relationship between a 17-year-old, Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), and Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old graduate-student assistant to Elio's father Samuel (Michael Stuhlbarg), an archaeology professor. The film also stars actresses Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, and Victoire Du Bois. Development began in 2007 when producers Peter Spears and Howard Rosenman optioned the rights to Aciman's novel. Ivory had been chosen to co-direct with Guadagnino, but stepped down in 2016. Guadagnino had joined the project as a l ...
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Milan–Malpensa Airport
Milan Malpensa Airport is the largest international airport in northern Italy, serving Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria, as well as the Swiss Canton of Ticino. The airport is northwest of Milan, next to the Ticino river dividing Lombardy and Piedmont. In 2019, Malpensa Airport handled 28,846,299 passengers and was the 20th busiest airport in Europe in terms of passengers and 2nd busiest airport in Italy in terms of passengers. Until 2008, Malpensa Airport was a major hub for flag carrier Alitalia. Malpensa Airport remains the second-busiest Italian airport for international passenger traffic (after Rome Fiumicino Airport), and the busiest for freight and cargo, handling over 747,000 tons of international freight annually. The airport was opened in 1909 by Giovanni Agusta and Gianni Caproni to test their aircraft prototypes, before switching to civil operation in 1948. History Early years The site of today's Malpensa Airport has seen aviation activities for more than ...
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Linate Airport
Milan Linate Airport is the third international airport of Milan, the second-largest city and largest urban area of Italy, behind Malpensa Airport and Orio al Serio Airport. It served 9,233,475 passengers in 2018, being the fifth busiest airport in Italy. History The airport was built next to Idroscalo of Milan in the 1930s when Taliedo Airport, located from the southern border of Milan and one of the world's first aerodromes and airports, became too small for commercial traffic. Linate was completely rebuilt in the 1950s and again in the 1980s. Its name comes from the small village where it is located in the town of Peschiera Borromeo. Its official name is ''Airport Enrico Forlanini'', after the Italian inventor and aeronautical pioneer born in Milan. Linate airport buildings are located in the Segrate Municipality, and the field is located for a large part in the Peschiera Borromeo Municipality. Since 2001, because of Linate's close proximity to the centre of Milan – on ...
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Orio Al Serio International Airport
Orio al Serio International Airport, () the List of the busiest airports in Italy, third busiest international airport in Italy, is in Orio al Serio, southeast of Bergamo and north-east of Milan, where it operates alongside Malpensa Airport and Linate Airport, the city's other two primary airports. The airport served almost 13 million passengers in 2018. Overview The airport is managed by SACBO, a company partially owned by ''SEA – Aeroporti di Milano'', the operator of Linate and Malpensa airports. SEA, the company that runs the latter two airports, also holds a 31% stake in SACBO. It is also christened "Il Caravaggio" after the Baroque painter Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, who lived as a child at Caravaggio, Lombardy, Caravaggio in the Province of Bergamo. In March 2021, DHL Aviation announced plans to relocate their hub from Bergamo to Milan Malpensa Airport where DHL opened new logistics facilities. In early 2022, DHL confirmed the end of all operati ...
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Bergamo Alps
The Bergamasque Alps or Bergamo Alps (Italian language, Italian: ''Alpi Orobie'', sometimes translated into English as Orobic Alps) are a mountain range in the Italy, Italian Alps. They are located in northern Lombardy and named after the city Bergamo, south of the mountains. Within the Eastern Alps, the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, Alpine Club or AVE system places them within the List of mountain groups in the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, Western Limestone Alps, while the SOIUSA system classifies them within the Southeastern Alps. Peaks The main peaks of the Bergamasque Alps are: Passes The main mountain passes of the Bergamasque Alps are: Gallery File:Lagobarbellino3.jpg, Barbellino Lake File:Cascatedelserio.JPG, Cascate del Serio, Serio Falls File:Vista su Valbondione 01.JPG, Valbondione, in the Park of the Bergamo Orobic Alps File:Going through Prà de'Lac.jpg, Prà de'Lac File:Pizzo Redorta 02.JPG, Redorta File:Recastello3.jpg, Re ...
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Serio River
The Serio ( Lombard: ''Sère'') is an Italian river that flows entirely within Lombardy, crossing the provinces of Bergamo and Cremona. It is long and flows into the Adda at Bocca di Serio south of Crema Crema or Cremas may refer to: Crema * Crema, Lombardy, a ''comune'' in the northern Italian province of Cremona * Crema (coffee), a thin layer of foam at the top of a cup of espresso * Crema (dairy product), the Spanish word for cream * ''Cremà .... Its valley is known as the Val Seriana. References External links * Rivers of Italy Rivers of Lombardy Rivers of the Province of Bergamo Rivers of the Province of Cremona {{Italy-river-stub ...
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Metres Above Sea Level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The combination of unit of measurement and the physical quantity (height) is called "metres above mean sea level" in the metric system, while in United States customary and imperial units it would be called "feet above mean sea level". Mean sea levels are affected by climate change and other factors and change over time. For this and other reasons, recorded measurements of elevation above sea level at a reference time in history might differ from the actual elevation of a given location over sea level at a given moment. Uses Metres above sea level is the standard measurement of the elevation or altitude of: * Geographic locations such as towns, mountains and other landmarks. * The top of buildings and other structures. * Flying objects such ...
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Valle Seriana
The Serio ( Lombard: ''Sère'') is an Italian river that flows entirely within Lombardy, crossing the provinces of Bergamo and Cremona. It is long and flows into the Adda at Bocca di Serio south of Crema Crema or Cremas may refer to: Crema * Crema, Lombardy, a ''comune'' in the northern Italian province of Cremona * Crema (coffee), a thin layer of foam at the top of a cup of espresso * Crema (dairy product) Crema is the Spanish word for cream. I .... Its valley is known as the Val Seriana. References External links * Rivers of Italy Rivers of Lombardy Rivers of the Province of Bergamo Rivers of the Province of Cremona {{Italy-river-stub ...
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Valbondione
Valbondione (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo. It is surrounded by the Orobie Alps. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,156 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality of Valbondione contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Fiumenero, Lizzola Alta, Lizzola Bassa, Bondione, Maslana, Gavazzo, and Dossi. Valbondione borders the following municipalities: Carona, Gandellino, Gromo, Piateda, Ponte in Valtellina, Teglio, Vilminore di Scalve Vilminore di Scalve (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2010, it had a population of 1 .... Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gr ...
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