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The mountain and its surrounding area are part of a SIC ''([[Site of Community Importance]])'' called ''M.Carmo - M.Settepanio'' (code: IT1323112).<ref>Bollettino Ufficiale Regione Liguria nr.13 of 15-7-2009; the Ligurian SIC list is on-line at [https://lrv.regione.liguria.it/liguriass_prod/class/download.php?urndoc=urn:nir:regione.liguria:legge:2009-07-10;28:5&ext=ORIG lrv.regione.liguria.it] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305041714/https://lrv.regione.liguria.it/liguriass_prod/class/download.php?urndoc=urn%3Anir%3Aregione.liguria%3Alegge%3A2009-07-10%3B28%3A5&ext=ORIG |date=2016-03-05 }} (access: July 2015)</ref> |
The mountain and its surrounding area are part of a SIC ''([[Site of Community Importance]])'' called ''M.Carmo - M.Settepanio'' (code: IT1323112).<ref>Bollettino Ufficiale Regione Liguria nr.13 of 15-7-2009; the Ligurian SIC list is on-line at [https://lrv.regione.liguria.it/liguriass_prod/class/download.php?urndoc=urn:nir:regione.liguria:legge:2009-07-10;28:5&ext=ORIG lrv.regione.liguria.it] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305041714/https://lrv.regione.liguria.it/liguriass_prod/class/download.php?urndoc=urn%3Anir%3Aregione.liguria%3Alegge%3A2009-07-10%3B28%3A5&ext=ORIG |date=2016-03-05 }} (access: July 2015)</ref> |
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* {{Cite map | title = Cartografia ufficiale italiana scale 1:25.000 and 1:100.000 | url = http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ | publisher = [[Istituto Geografico Militare]] |access-date = 2018-03-03 }} |
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* {{Cite map | title = Carta dei sentieri e stradale scala 1:25.000 n. 26 ''Bassa val Tanaro Val Bormida e Cebano'' | publisher = Fraternali editore | location = Ciriè }} |
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| Monte Settepani | |
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 Monte Settepani from Bric Gettina | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,386 m (4,547 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 44°14′42″N 8°11′51″E / 44.24500°N 8.19750°E |
| Geography | |
  Monte Settepani Location in the Alps | |
| Location | Liguria, Italy |
| Parent range | Ligurian Alps |
Monte Settepani is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Alps.
Geography
The mountain is located on the main chain of the Alps and its summit stands very close the water divide between Ligurian Sea and River Po basins, on hte river Po side. Going S the Colle del Melogno (1028 m) divides it from Bric Agnellino.[2] On the summit stand some military facilities and a weather radar.
SOIUSA classification
According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[3]
- main part = Western Alps
- major sector = South Western Alps
- section = Ligurian Alps
- subsection = Prealpi Liguri
- supergroup = Catena Settepani-Carmo-Armetta
- group = Gruppo del Monte Settepani
- subgroup = Costiera del Monte Settepani
- code = I/A-1.I-A.1.b
History
The area of monte Settepani was involved, as well as other neighbouring mountains, in the Italian campaigns of Napoleone Bonaparte.[4]
During the II World War around the Settepani occurred other fights, this time between Italian partisans and nazi-fascist troops.[5]
Monte Settepani could have hosted an underground united States military base, a facility which, according to some sources, could have been also used by the Gladio Organization.[6]
Access to the summit
The summit of Monte Settepani is connected by a small asphalted road closed to the general public and built in order to connect the military structures on the mountain with the Colle del Melogno national road. The summit can also be reached on foot by som footpath from farious starting points as for instance the Colla Baltera.[7]
Nature conservation
The mountain and its surrounding area are part of a SIC (Site of Community Importance) called M.Carmo - M.Settepanio (code: IT1323112).[8]
Maps
- Cartografia ufficiale italiana scale 1:25.000 and 1:100.000 (Map). Istituto Geografico Militare. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- Carta dei sentieri e stradale scala 1:25.000 n. 26 Bassa val Tanaro Val Bormida e Cebano (Map). Ciriè: Fraternali editore.
References
Media related to Monte Settepani at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Provincia di Savona - Carta turistica ed escursionistica scala 1:50.000
- ^ Carta turistica ed escursionistica - Provincia di Savona in scala 1:50.000; ed. Provincia di Savona
- ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
- ^ Corsi, Carlo (1931). Storia militare 1: sino al 1815 (in Italian). Tipografia E. Schioppo. p. 370. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ Gimelli, Giorgio; Gimelli, Franco (2005). La Resistenza in Liguria: dalla difficile ripresa alla Liberazione (in Italian). Carocci. p. 474. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ Mirko Auteri (2013-08-17). "Scoperta dopo 60 anni la base Usa sotterranea". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ^ Andrea Ferrando (2020). "Colla Baltera - Colletta - Monte Settepani" (in Italian). L'Appeninista. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ Bollettino Ufficiale Regione Liguria nr.13 of 15-7-2009; the Ligurian SIC list is on-line at lrv.regione.liguria.it Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (access: July 2015)
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