Novalesa ( pms, Novalèisa, frp, Nonalésa, french: Novalaise) is a ''
comune'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Turin
The Metropolitan City of Turin ( it, Città metropolitana di Torino, Piedmontese: ''Sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the Province of Turin and co ...
in the
Italian region
Piedmont, located about 60 km west of
Turin, on the border with France.
Novalesa borders the following municipalities:
Bessans (France),
Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis
Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis 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.Mompantero
Mompantero is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin in the Val di Susa, near the entrance of the Val Cenischia. Part of the town is on the slopes of th ...
,
Moncenisio
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" co ...
,
Usseglio, and
Venaus
Venaus is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Cenischia Valley ( Metropolitan City of Turin) in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin, on the border with France.
Venaus borders the following municipalities: Bramans (Franc ...
.
Near the village is
Novalesa Abbey, a
Benedictine monastery founded in 726. Acting in effect as a forward position for the
Franks near their border with the territory of the
Lombards, the abbey was strategically placed to control the
Via Francigena. The parish church constitutes a site of the Museum of Alpine Religious Art (part of the
Diocesan Museum System of Susa).
Near the village there are very high
waterfalls, formed by the streams coming from
Rocciamelone mountain.
Twin towns
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Le Monêtier-les-Bains
Le Monêtier-les-Bains (; oc, Lo Monastièr) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.
Geography
Le Monêtier-les-Bains is the highest village of the French ski resort of Serre Chevalier at 1,500m. It is situated in t ...
,
France
References
External links
Official website
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Cities and towns in Piedmont