Crevoladossola
Encyclopedia
Crevoladossola is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 130 km northeast of Turin
and about 30 km northwest of Verbania
.
Crevoladossola borders the following municipalities: Bognanco
, Crodo
, Domodossola
, Masera
, Montecrestese
, Trasquera
, Varzo
. In 1487, it was the location of the battle of Crevola
between the Swiss Confederation and the Duchy of Milan
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola is the northernmost province in the Italian region of Piedmont. It was created in 1996 through the fusion of three distinct regions which had previously been part of the Province of Novara...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...
, located about 130 km northeast of Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
and about 30 km northwest of Verbania
Verbania
Verbania is a city and comune on the shore of Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, in northwest Italy, about north-west of Milan and about from Locarno in Switzerland.-Overview:...
.
Crevoladossola borders the following municipalities: Bognanco
Bognanco
Bognanco, population c.250, is a commune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located in an Alpine valley about 120 km northeast of Turin immediately to the west of Domodossola and on the border with Switzerland...
, Crodo
Crodo
Crodo is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 140 km northeast of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Verbania...
, Domodossola
Domodossola
Domodossola is a city and comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy...
, Masera
Masera
Masera is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 130 km northeast of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Verbania...
, Montecrestese
Montecrestese
Montecrestese is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 140 km northeast of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland...
, Trasquera
Trasquera
Trasquera is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 km northeast of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Verbania, in the Val Divedro, on the border with Switzerland....
, Varzo
Varzo
Varzo is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 130 km northeast of Turin and about 35 km northwest of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland...
. In 1487, it was the location of the battle of Crevola
Battle of Crevola
The Battle of Crevola was fought in the spring of 1487, between a marauding Swiss army and the Duchy of Milan for the supremacy of the Eschental ....
between the Swiss Confederation and the Duchy of Milan
Duchy of Milan
The Duchy of Milan , was created on the 1st of may 1395, when Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Lord of Milan, purchased a diploma for 100,000 Florins from King Wenceslaus. It was this diploma that installed, Gian Galeazzo as Duke of Milan and Count of Pavia...
.