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The Giro del Lago is a trail all around Lago di Devero. At times it's on the short, at other times it...
Lago di Devero is a beautiful lake just below the treeline, so it's surrounded by larch forest. While...
Descending from Bocchetta della Valle towards Lago di Dévero, every now and then the lake can be seen...
The Lengenbach mine provides some very rare minerals only found there. One of which is named after th...
The Binn valley provides a lot of hikes of all length and difficulties. Walking from Fäld to Freichi ...
The Albrun pass is situated on the Swiss-Italian border and only reachable on foor. It connects Binn ...
Monte del Sangiatto is easily accessed by a short detour from the 'W' route from Crampiolo to Fondova...
Walking from Fäld to the Albrun Pass, here's a nice spot to hav a look back to the Binn valley and a ...
Having crossed Albrun Pass, I don't descend to Lago di Devero, which can be seen from here - instead ...
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.
