Fraconalto
Encyclopedia
Fraconalto is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Alessandria
in the Italian
region Piedmont
, located about 110 km southeast of Turin
and about 40 km southeast of Alessandria
and 20 km from Genoa
-Pontedecimo.
It is in the Ligurian Appennines, near the Passo della Bocchetta in the upper Val Lemme. Nearby is the artificial Lake Busalletta
.
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 Alessandria
Province of Alessandria
The Province of Alessandria is an Italian province, with a population of some 430,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The provincial capital is the city of Alessandria....
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 110 km southeast 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 40 km southeast of Alessandria
Alessandria
-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...
and 20 km from Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
-Pontedecimo.
It is in the Ligurian Appennines, near the Passo della Bocchetta in the upper Val Lemme. Nearby is the artificial Lake Busalletta
Lago della Busalletta
Lago della Busalletta is a lake in north-west Italy which straddles the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria , near the towns of Fraconalto and Busalla. At an elevation of 450 m, its surface area is 0.3 km²....
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