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13-580: Pieve Vergonte lies in the valley of Ossola where the Anza river flows into the Toce . It is bordered, west to east, by the municipalities of Piedimulera , Vogogna , Premosello-Chiovenda , and Anzola d'Ossola . It is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Verbania and 110 kilometres (68 mi) northeast of Turin . The town is served by State Highway 33 from Simplon  [ it ] . 20th century to today The industrial chemical plant of Pieve Vergonte

26-635: A number of provisional partisan governments throughout Northern Italy, of which the Free Republic of Ossola was the most prominent. 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. 46°17′N 8°21′E  /  46.283°N 8.350°E  / 46.283; 8.350 Val Vigezzo Valle Vigezzo (Vigezzo Valley)

39-696: Is a valley in the Lepontine Alps in northwestern Italy on the border with Canton Ticino of Switzerland. It forms the eastern branch of the Ossola valley. It is also called the Valle dei Pittori (Valley of the Painters) due to the large number of painters over the centuries such as Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis , Lorenzo Peretti , Bernardino Peretti , Enrico Cavalli , Carlo Fornara , Giovanni Battista Ciolina , Gian Maria Rastellini , Maurizio Borgnis , Lorenzo Peretti Junior . It

52-449: Is an area of Northwest 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 . There are many etymological claims as to the origins of the name Ossola , the most likely being Celtic for "high lands". The German and Walser names for the valley translate to "valley of

65-558: Is remembered for its " spazzacamini " or chimney-sweepers who brought their trade around Europe. It is connected with the Eau de Cologne , invented over 300 years ago by Giovanni Maria Farina using, among other ingredients flowers and oils from plants from Vigezzo. Another man from Vigezzo, Giovan Maria Salati is credited to be the first recorded person swimming across the English Channel over 200 years ago, after having been taken prisoner by

78-911: Is the Nordend , a peak of the Monte Rosa Massif , which is also the highest peak of Piedmont . Excluding the Monte Rosa's peaks, other important mountains are the Pizzo d'Andolla , the Monte Leone , the Corno Cieco and, in the lower part of the valley, the Monte Capezzone and the Monte Massone . It is home to the Alpe Veglia and Alpe Devero Natural Park , Alta Valle Antrona Natural Park and also includes parts of

91-763: Is the Edison Company, with plants in Val Anzasca and Pieve Vergonte, both fed by the waters of the river Anza , with a total average production of 95 GWh . The second-largest producer is Tessenderlo's Battiggio plant, ex-Rumianca of Ceppo Morelli in Val Anzasca, on the Toce river at Megolo, which has a total average production of 90 GWh. Gold-bearing pyrites were mined in the Toppa Valley using mercury. Ossola The Ossola ( Italian: [ˈɔssola] ; Ossolano : Òssola ), also Valle Ossola or Val d'Ossola ( Walser : Eschetaal ; German : Eschental ),

104-669: The Val Grande National Park , Italy’s largest wilderness area. In 1944, with the Allies of World War II still stuck south of the Apennines and Benito Mussolini 's Italian Social Republic 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

117-500: The ash trees ". Ossola is composed of one main valley (the Ossola proper) and seven side valleys: Anzasca , Antrona , Bognanco , Divedro , Antigorio , Formazza , Isorno and Vigezzo . It is surrounded by the Pennine Alps on the western side and by the Lepontine Alps on the northern and eastern sides. The main towns are Domodossola , Villadossola , Crevoladossola , Ornavasso and Mergozzo . Ossola’s highest elevation

130-549: The British after Waterloo. The valley itself is unusual for not having a single river running along it, but two, one towards the Toce river ( Melezzo Occidentale ) and the other ( Melezzo Orientale ) to the Swiss side towards Lake Maggiore . The Swiss side of the valley is called Centovalli. In the valley there are many beautiful villages: Druogno , Santa Maria Maggiore , Malesco and Re at

143-587: The Tessenderlo Group. In May 2013, Tessenderlo Group sold Tessenderlo Partecipazioni SpA, and its subsidiary Tessenderlo Italy Srl, to International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG). The transaction includes the plant in Pieve Vergonte (VB), where there is now an active electrolysis plant, one for chloro-aromatics, and two hydroelectric plants that provide energy. The village of Pieve Vergonte produces electricity from hydroelectric power . The largest producer

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156-864: The war, shutting down the production of sulphuric acid, Rumianca SpA  [ it ] , and then the SIR Group, developed new product lines for the production of DDT and chloroaromatics . These products were used by the United States of America during the Vietnam War . In 1981, the facilities of this company were transferred to the ENI Group and the ANIC Company. The ANIC, then EniChem, DDT plants ran until June 1996, and remained in production until their sale on July 1, 1997, to Tessenderlo, Italy. The chloralkali , chlorine, and aromatic synthetic HCL are in production for

169-621: Was founded in 1915 on the initiative of the Italian Society of Explosive Products (PETS), based in Milan, with 2,500,000 lire of capital. The first product for the military was iodine monochloride of chlorobenzene and phosgene , used during the First World War and later in the African campaign. During World War II, the chloralkali process , sulfuric acid , and fertilizers were produced. After

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