Pizzo Faie
par Kay F. Jahnke
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Pizzo Faie is a minor peak near Alpe Ompio. It's easy to climb and has a fine view over Lago Maggiore and Lago di Mergozzo. The image is combined from a fisheye series for the full 360X180 degrees and a series along the interesting part of the view with a longer lens.
This image was taken near Colma di Vercio, which is a pass connecting Mergozzo and Corte Bue. Nearby ...
The 'Ompio' road from Bieno ends here, at Ruspesso. The last bit to the Rifugio Fantoli at Alpe Ompio...
Alpe Scellina superiore is on the trail from Or Vergugn to Corte Bue. Here for the first time the tra...
The abandoned village of Corte Bue offers a good view of Cima Pedum precisely to the North. There are...
The old mulattiera from Corte Bue to Orfalecchio crosses two valleys at about 1000 m before descendin...
On the way from Corte Bue to Orfalecchio, the old mulattiera passes several cliffs which offer nice v...
This mulattiera goes from Or Vergugn to Ponte Velina. It is mostly in a good state, only here and the...
The name Piedmont comes from medieval Latin Pedemontium, i. e. "ad pedem montium", meaning "at the foot of the mountains": Piedmont, whose capital is Turin, is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including Monviso, where Po river rises, and Monte Rosa. It borders France, Switzerland and the Italian regions of Aosta Valley, Lombardy, Liguria and Emilia Romagna.
Its history was linked for centuries to Savoy dynasty: since 1046 Piedmont was part of County of Savoy, raised to Duchy of Savoy in 1416, evolved in the eighteenth century into the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. The role of Piedmont for Italy's unification is comparable to the role of Prussia for Germany and his army was the engine of the unification process, ended with the creation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The presence of Savoy in its territory bequeathed a large number of castles and residences.
Lowland Piedmont is a fertile agricultural region, producing wheat, rice and maize and is one of the great winegrowing areas in Italy. The region contains major industrial centres: FIAT automobile plants in Turin, Ferrero's chocolate factories in Alba, tissue and silk manufactories in Biella, in Ivrea Olivetti was an important technology center, publishing in Turin and Novara.
