La Piota
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La Piota is a summit on the ridge running from Monte Zeda to Monte Torrione. I reached it coming from Alpe Forna. The ridge was hard work, so I decided to leave it here and traverse lower down vie Alpone.
Alpe Forna is a well set-up Bivacco close to the summit of Monte Zeda. It can be reached from Falment...
Pian di Boit is roughly half-way between Pogallo and Bocchetta di Terza. There's a Bivacco Parco Nazi...
After a winter with little snow, I'm ascending to Bocchetta di Terza. Here I've emerged from the fore...
After a steep ascent from Pian di Boit through beech forest, the trail emerges into alpine meadows ne...
Bocchetta di Terza itself is quite stony, but nearby is this lovely meadow on the ridge. It's a nice ...
Before the last leg of the ascent to Bocchetta di Terza, I'm taking a break here where I can shelter ...
Bocchetta di Terza is the pass from Val Pogallo to upper Valle Cannobina. Like all passes crossing in...
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.
