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The Ossola (also Valle Ossola or Val d’Ossola) is an area of Italy situated to the north of Lago Maggiore. It lies within the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Its principal river is the Toce, and its most important town Domodossola.

It is composed of one main valley (the Ossola proper) and seven side valleys: Anzasca, Antrona, Bognanco, Divedro, Antigorio, Formazza, Isorno and Vigezzo. It also includes parts of the Val Grande National Park, Italy’s largest wilderness area.^[1]

There are many etymological claims as to the origins of the name Ossola. The most likely is from the Celtic "hoch hill", which means "high lands". The German name for the valley is Eschental ("valley of the ash trees").

Republic of Ossola

In 1944, with the Allied forces still stuck south of the Appennines and Mussolini's puppet state controlling all of Northern Italy, the Italian partisans staged an uprising behind German lines, led by the Committee of National Liberation of Upper Italy. This rebellion led to the establishment of a number of provisional partisan governments throughout Northern Italy, of which the Free Republic of Ossola was the most prominent.^[2] It received official recognition from Switzerland and from Allied consulates in Switzerland. Within a few weeks, German reinforcements had crushed the uprising, and the area's liberation had to wait until the final offensives of 1945.

Notes

^ Park presentation, from the Comunità Montana Valle Ossola website.
^ Pellanda 2010

46°17′N 8°21′E / 46.283°N 8.350°E / 46.283; 8.350

References

Pellanda, Luigi (2010). Storm Over Ossola: Diary of Luigi Pellanda. Author House. ISBN 978-1-45207-412-2

External links

Comunità Montana Valle Ossola - Official website
Parco Nazionale Val Grande - Val Grande National Park's official website.

[1] Park presentation, from the Comunità Montana Valle Ossola website.

[2] Pellanda 2010

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 The '''Ossola''' (also Valle Ossola or Val d’Ossola) is an area of [[Italy]] situated to the north of [[Lago Maggiore]]. It lies within the [[Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola]]. Its principal river is the [[Toce]], and its most important town [[Domodossola]].
-It is composed of one main valley (the Ossola proper) and seven side valleys: Anzasca, Antrona, Bognanco, Divedro, Antigorio-Formazza, Isorno and [[Val Vigezzo|Vigezzo]]. It also includes parts of the [[Val Grande National Park]], Italy’s largest wilderness area.<ref>[http://www.cmvo.it/ParcoNazionaleValGrande?&unc=228&uncat=7 Park presentation], from the Comunità Montana Valle Ossola website.</ref>
+It is composed of one main valley (the Ossola proper) and seven side valleys: Anzasca, Antrona, Bognanco, Divedro, [[Valle Antigorio|Antigorio]], Formazza, Isorno and [[Val Vigezzo|Vigezzo]]. It also includes parts of the [[Val Grande National Park]], Italy’s largest wilderness area.<ref>[http://www.cmvo.it/ParcoNazionaleValGrande?&unc=228&uncat=7 Park presentation], from the Comunità Montana Valle Ossola website.</ref>
 There are many etymological claims as to the origins of the name Ossola. The most likely is from the Celtic "hoch hill", which means "high lands". The German name for the valley is ''Eschental'' ("valley of the ash trees").