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Savoy (/ s ə ˈ v ɔɪ /; [2] French: Savoie ⓘ) [n 1] is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps.Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south and west and to the Aosta Valley in the east.
The Susa Valley (Italian: Val di Susa; Piedmontese: Valsusa; French: Val de Suse; Occitan: Val d'Ors) is a valley in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northern Italy, located between the Graian Alps in the north and the Cottian Alps in the south.
The Geography of Piedmont is that of a territory predominantly mountainous, 43.3%, but with extensive areas of hills which represent 30.3% of the territory, and of plains (26.4%). To the north and to the west Piedmont is surrounded by the Alps, to the south by the Apennines, and to the east by the Po plain.
The geography of Piedmont is 43.3% mountainous, along with extensive areas of hills (30.3%) and plains (26.4%). Piedmont is the second largest of Italy's 20 regions, after Sicily . It is broadly coincident with the upper part of the drainage basin of the river Po , which rises from the slopes of Monviso in the west of the region and is Italy's ...
After the treaty annexing Nice and Savoy to France, signed in Turin in March 1860 (Treaty of Turin), the north-western slopes of the range became part of the French republic. [ 4 ] Two eastern valleys of the Cottian Alps ( Pellice and Germanasca ) have been for centuries a kind of sanctuary for the Waldensians , a Christian movement that was ...
The Devil's bridge on the Stura di Lanzo, where the valley meet the Po plain. The Lanzo Valleys (in Italian Valli di Lanzo, in Piedmontese Valade ëd Lans) are a group of valleys in the north-west of Piedmont in the Graian Alps of Piedmont, between the Valle dell'Orco to the north and the Val di Susa to the south.
A topographic map of the Republic, excluding all the overseas departments and territories Simplified physical map. The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and the west and mountainous in the south (including the Massif Central and the Pyrenees) and the east (the country's highest points being in the Alps).
The village is located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Turin and about 13 kilometres (8 mi) southeast of Cuneo, on the border with France. Briga Alta borders the following municipalities: Chiusa di Pesio , Cosio di Arroscia , La Brigue (France), Limone Piemonte , Mendatica , Ormea , Roccaforte Mondovì , Tende (France), and Triora .