Monte Buio is a mountain in

Liguria Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...

, northern

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, part of the

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. It is located between the provinces of

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and

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. It lies at an altitude of 1400 metres.

Toponymy

''Monte'' in

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means ''Mount'' while ''Buio'' means ''Dark''.

Geography

The mountain has grassy slopes and on its summit stands a large cross. Is a

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where the valleys of

Brevenna The Brevenna is a creek (in Italian ''torrente'') of Liguria, Italy. Etymology The origin of the name ''Brevenna'' is certainly not Latin, and may not be Indo-European or Germanic. Linguists connect it to ''brev'', a pre Indo-European root ...

Borbera The Borbera (''Borbëa'' in Ligurian or ''Borbaja'' in Piedmontese) is a major '' torrente'' (a stream whose flow is marked by a high degree of seasonal variation) of the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont. Geography It begin ...

and

Vobbia Vobbia ( lij, Veubbia) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about northeast of Genoa. Vobbia borders the following municipalities: Busalla, Carrega Ligure, Crocefieschi Cr ...

meet. A brief ridge connects Monte Buio with

monte Antola Monte Antola (in Ligurian ''munte Antua'') is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines. Geography The mountain is located between the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria. It lies at an altitude of 1597 metres.' ...

and the

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water divide. The Monte Buio overlooks the Val Vobbia.

Access to the summit

There are several hiking paths reaching the summit of Monte Buio, starting from Alpe and Vallenzona (two villages of the

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), from Tonno (

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) and from the mountain passes of the Incisa and San Fermo. The summit offers a good point of view on the nearby valleys and from it also the

and a large stretch of the

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can be seen.

Conservation

The Ligurian side of the mountain since 1989 is included in the

Parco naturale regionale dell'Antola The Antola Natural Regional Park (in Italian ''Parco naturale regionale dell'Antola'') is a natural park in Metropolitan City of Genoa (Liguria, Italy). It gets the name from the highest mountain of the area, Monte Antola. History The natural ...

''Parco naturale regionael dell'Antola', pdf text on
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while the

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ese one is part of the '' Parco naturale dell'Alta val Borbera''.

References

Bibliography

External links

Hiking itinerary to Monte Buio
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