Valle Cannobina
| Valle Cannobina | ||
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 Sant'Anna Gorge in the Cannobina Valley |
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| location | Piedmont , Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province | |
| Waters | Cannobino | |
| Mountains | Lepontine Alps | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 5 ' N , 8 ° 35' E | |
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| length | 25 km | |
The Valle Cannobina (German also Cannobinertal or Cannobinatal , lom. Val Cannobina ) is a relatively undeveloped valley in Piedmont in the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola . The eponymous town of Cannobio is located at the entrance to the valley on the west bank of Lake Maggiore . From there, the approximately 25 kilometers long valley stretches in a west-northwest direction, embedded between the Gridone (2188 m) in the north and the Monte Zeda (2156 m) in the south.
The valley's stream, the Cannobino , has dug itself into the rock like a gorge in places. The valley is accessed with an asphalt road. There are several smaller towns in the valley, these belong to the towns of Cavaglio, Spoccia , Cursolo, Orasso , Falmenta , which together form the municipality of Valle Cannobina , and Gurro . Moreover, which is fraction Finero the municipality of Malesco at the end of the valley. From there the road leads over the Pian dei Sali (985 m) and the Finero Pass into the neighboring Valle Vigezzo . The oldest settlement is Orasso, founded in the 14th century. In 2012, fewer than 1,000 people lived in the valley, after the number of inhabitants in the 19th century was several thousand. The population decline is mainly due to the lack of jobs in the valley and the dwindling importance of the sweet chestnut as a food.
An old mule track , the Via Borromea , named after Charles Borromeo , the Archbishop of Milan, who visited the valley in 1574 , runs along the northern slopes of the valley. In the past the path served as a travel and trade connection for the valley, today it is primarily of tourist importance and is used as a hiking route or mountain bike route. It crosses the villages on the northern side of the valley as well as numerous gorges created by the Cannobino tributaries and leads over many old stone bridges.
Individual evidence
- ^ Jochen Schmid: Lake Maggiore. The most beautiful mountain and valley hikes. 3rd edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7633-4019-4 , p. 24 ( Google Books )
- ^ A b Gillian Price: Walking the Italian Lakes. Cicerone, Singapore 2012, ISBN 978-1-85284-657-2 , pp. 71-75 ( Google books )
- ↑ vallecannobina.it: La Borromea
Web links
- Valle Cannobina at map.geo.admin.ch