Cave at L'Arca
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Near the gorge at L'Arca, there's a cave. It's been used as a shelter and has a few utensils lying about, but it's a gloomy, dark and damp place, and not entirely safe if there's a flash flood.
At L'Ara, the trail crosses the Rio Valgrande to continue towards In la Piana at the left river bank....
Before beginning the descent to L'Arca, the trail passes near this spot where the gorge at L'Arca can...
If the water level is low, parts of the Rio Valgrande riverbed are accessible. The river is deeply cu...
Upstream from the gorge at L'Arca the riverbed widens again. From this side of the gorge it can be se...
The trail from Orfalecchio to L'Arca passes over this ridge. It's quite a way off the river, and also...
Near the lake where Val Cauri enters Val Grande, this rock fall happened some fifteen years ago. The ...
This large flat rock is almost inside the lake where Val Cauri meets Val Grande. It's a good spot to ...
Where Val Cauri disgorges into the Rio Valgrande, there's quite a large lake. A little bit further do...
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.
