Rocciamelone ( Piedmontese : Ròcia-mlon , French : Rochemelon or Roche Melon ) is a 3,538 m high mountain in Piedmont, Italy, near the border between Italy and France .
7-446: Rocciamelone is located between Val di Susa and Maurienne , 50 km west of Turin . Its summit is the tripoint where the comunes of Usseglio , Novalesa and Mompantero meet. The international border crosses the Glacier de Rochemelon 1 kilometer north of the summit, making it appear that the border is not following the watershed precisely in this sector. However, the glacier
14-605: A gesture of gratitude for having survived captivity in the Holy Land during a war against the Muslims . The summit of Rocciamelone is the destination of a traditional pilgrimage, every year, on August 5. A three-metre-high (9.8 ft) statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was erected there in 1899. Because of its easy access (the start of the summit trail can be reached in a 90-minute drive from Turin ), its considerable height and
21-610: Is draped over a ridge that is the true watershed and is precisely followed by the borderline. According to the SOIUSA ( International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps ) the mountain can be classified in the following way: The teutonic knight Bonifacius Rotarius (of Asti ) made the first ascent of Rocciamelone on 1 September 1358, to bring a small metal image of the Holy Virgin as
28-678: The Graian Alps in the north and the Cottian Alps in the south. It is one of the longest valleys of the Italian Alps . It extends over 50 kilometres (31 mi) in an east-west direction from the French border to the outskirts of Turin . The valley takes its name from the city of Susa which lies in the valley. The Dora Riparia river, a tributary of the Po , flows through the valley. A motorway runs through
35-478: The panorama, this mountain is one of the most frequented of the western part of the Alps. [REDACTED] Media related to Rocciamelone at Wikimedia Commons Val di Susa 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
42-625: The Italian border. During the Middle Ages, the road was called Via Francigena , and pilgrims arriving from France passed through Mont Cenis and the Susa Valley on their way to Rome . It was one of the most used Alpine passes from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century. Several abbeys were built to accommodate pilgrims, such as Novalesa Abbey founded in 726AD on the foot of a mountain and
49-847: The valley from Turin to Chambéry in France through the Fréjus tunnel or by crossing the Col du Mont Cenis (2083m), and to Briançon , also in France , over the Col de Montgenèvre . Peaks that surround the valley include: During the Roman age, Augustus formed an alliance with the Segusini of Cottii Regnum to link Italy and France by building a road through the Valley and over the Col de Montgenèvre (Passo del Monginevro), now 2 km away from
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