Valsassina
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thumb|250px|The Valsassina plateau thumb|Map of the surroundings of Lecco, the eastern shore of Lake Como (Lario), the Valsassina and the Valassina thumb|Alpe Giumello (Casargo): Lake Como, seen from Monte Croce di Muggio Valsassina is a valley in the Alps of Lombardy, northern Italy, within the province of Lecco. It is included between the Grigna range from West, and the Bergamo Prealps which, in a half-circle stretching from North to East, separate it from the valley of the area of Bergamo and the Valtellina. Valsassina also reaches the Lecco's branch of Lake Como at Lecco itself and Bellano
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Within Vinony's link graph, Valsassina is referenced by 118 other articles, and connects out to Italy, Alps and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in IT, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Valleys of Lombardy, Valleys of the Alps and Valsassina.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- valley
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Lecco
- Body of water
- Pioverna
- Owned by
- Gian Giacomo Medici
- Image
- Altopiano valsassina.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Valsassina
- Commons category
- Valsassina
- offers view on
- Lake Como
- stated in
- Codex Atlanticus
- significant person
- Leonardo da Vinci
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Morphology
- Cheese
- References
thumb|250px|The Valsassina plateau thumb|Map of the surroundings of Lecco, the eastern shore of Lake Como (Lario), the Valsassina and the Valassina thumb|Alpe Giumello (Casargo): Lake Como, seen from Monte Croce di Muggio Valsassina is a valley in the Alps of Lombardy, northern Italy, within the province of Lecco. It is included between the Grigna range from West, and the Bergamo Prealps which, in a half-circle stretching from North to East, separate it from the valley of the area of Bergamo and the Valtellina. Valsassina also reaches the Lecco's branch of Lake Como at Lecco itself and Bellano.
The valley is run by the Pioverna stream, which flows from the Grigne to the Lake Como. It's peculiar because it flows from south to north.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valsassina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations