Ghiffa (Ghifa in
Lombard) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Italian: ''Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola'' ) is the northernmost province in the Italian region of Piedmont. It was created in 1992 through the fusion of three geographical areas which had previously been part of the ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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*** Regional Ita ...
region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about northeast of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...
and about northeast of
Verbania
Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ...
on the western shore of the
Lake Maggiore
Lake Maggiore (, ; it, Lago Maggiore ; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Lagh Maggior; pms, Lagh Magior; literally 'Greater Lake') or Verbano (; la, Lacus Verbanus) is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest l ...
.
It is most famous for the
Sacro Monte, a site of
pilgrimage
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and worship close to it, inserted by
UNESCO
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in the
World Heritage List
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.
Notable people
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Peter Troubetzkoy
Prince Pyotr Petrovich Troubetzkoy (1822–1892) was a Russian diplomat, administrator and general.
Troubetzkoy was born in Tulcin in 1822.
His first wife was his cousin, Princess Varvara Yourievna Trubetskoy.
In 1844 he was appointed governo ...
lived in Ghiffa
References
External links
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Official web site for European Sacred Mountains
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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