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13-659: The river springs at an elevation of some 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) on the slopes of Monviso , in the Cottian Alps near the French border , then proceeds through the valley named after it—the Valle Varaita —where it passes through centres including Frassino , Sampeyre , Brossasco and Costigliole Saluzzo . Having entered the plains of the Po valley it joins the Po near Casalgrasso . The regime

26-768: A great distance, including from the Piedmontese plateau, the Langhe , the Theodulpass in the Zermatt ski area, the col du Galibier and the summits of the Mont Blanc massif . On a very clear day, it can be seen from the spires of Milan Cathedral . It has been suggested that Monte Viso could be one of the mountains which inspired the Paramount logo. In Italy it is also known as Il Re di Pietra ("The Stone King") because of its prominence within

39-402: A welle smal, Taketh his first spryngyng and his cours That eastward ay encresseth in his cours To Emele-ward, to Ferare and Venyse; The which a long thyng were to devyse. (Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Clerk's Tale," from The Canterbury Tales ) Alessandra Boarelli Alessandra Boarelli (Turin, 1838 – Verzuolo, 1908) was an Italian mountaineer and, in 1864, became

52-558: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Monviso Monte Viso or Monviso ( Italian pronunciation: [moɱˈviːzo] ; Occitan : Vísol ; Piedmontese : Brich Monviso or Viso ) is the highest mountain of the Cottian Alps . It is located in Italy close to the French border. Monte Viso is well known for its pyramid-like shape. Because it is higher than all its neighbouring peaks by about 500 m, it can be seen from

65-449: Is dominated by Monte Viso (commonly shortened by Italians to Monviso), the highest mountain of the Cottian Alps , the southwestern portion of the Alps . Boarelli first attempted to climb Monviso in 1863, hoping to beat a similar attempt by a team headed by Quintino Sella by a few days, but she had to turn back because of bad weather. The Sella-led team then succeeded in their climb becoming

78-509: Is typical of an Alpine torrent : the flow is at its greatest in spring and in autumn while being drastically reduced during the summer. The mean discharge at its confluence with the Po is about 12 cubic metres per second (420 cu ft/s). This article on a location in the Province of Cuneo is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Italy

91-743: The Guil valley. The northern sector of the group, from the Punta Gastaldi to the Col de la Traversette , is located on the French border. According to the SOIUSA ( International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps ) the mountain can be classified in the following way: Monte Viso is the location of a neolithic jadeite quarry, at an elevation of 2,000 to 2,400 metres. Its productivity peaked around 5000 BC. The jadeite

104-538: The first woman to summit Monviso in the Alps. She was born in Turin , Italy, the daughter of Felice Re. After marrying Emilio-Giovanni Boarelli, a man from a noble family, as well as mayor of Cuneo , she moved to nearby Verzuolo where the couple had three daughters, Isabella, Luisa and Clemente-Maria (born 1870). The family lived close to the French border in western Italy, located in the Italian region of Piedmont . The area

117-496: The mountain in the prologue to the Clerk's Tale in his Canterbury Tales , in a passage adapted from Petrarch's Latin version of his "Tale of Griselda": A prohemie, in which discryveth he, Pemond, and of Saluces the contree, And speketh of Appenyn, the hilles hye, That been the boundes of West Lumbardye, And of Mount Vesulus in special, Wher as the Poo out of

130-596: The mountain was Alessandra Boarelli (1838–1908) on 16 August 1864. Monte Viso is mentioned by various authors, Italian and non-, including Dante , Petrarch , and Chaucer . Dante mentions the mountain in a long simile in Canto XVI of the Inferno as the source of the Montone River : Come quel fiume c'ha proprio cammino prima dal Monte Viso 'nver' levante, da la sinistra costa d'Apennino Chaucer cites

143-467: The third team, and the first Italians, to reach the summit. This was two years after the first successful ascent was made by a group of mountaineers led by William Mathews from England. When Boarelli tried again the following year, she became the first woman to reach the Monviso peak 3,841 metres (12,602 ft) on 16 August 1864. Accompanying her on the expedition were: the fourteen-year-old daughter of

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156-450: The western Italian Alps. It was declared a cross-border UNESCO biosphere reserve in 2013. The longest river of Italy, River Po , is born at the mountain's foot. On the northern slopes of Monte Viso are the headwaters of the Po , the longest Italian river, the so-called Pian del Re (2,020 m). The Monviso group is surrounded by the Valle Po , Valle Varaita and, on the French side,

169-591: Was used to make cult axes , which are found all over western Europe. One such ceremonial axe head was found as far away as a small hill called Tristia in Western Ireland and is on display in the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology , Dublin. In ancient times the mountain was known as Vesulus. Monte Viso was climbed for the first time on August 30, 1861 by William Mathews , Frederick Jacomb , Jean-Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz . The first woman to summit

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