Mont Bégo is a mountain in the Mercantour massif of the Maritime Alps

Maritime Alps

The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between the French département Alpes-Maritimes and the Italian province of Cuneo. The Col de Tende separates them from the Ligurian Alps; the Maddalena Pass separates them from the Cottian Alps...

, in southern France

Southern France

Southern France , colloquially known as le Midi is defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde, Spain, the Mediterranean, and Italy...

, with an altitude of 2872 metres (9,423 ft). It is included in the Vallée des Merveilles

Vallée des Merveilles

The Vallée des Merveilles, also known in Italian as the Valle delle Meraviglie , is a part of the Mercantour National Park in southern France...

 ("Valley of Marvels").

The name derives from the ancient Indo-European root beg, meaning "divine": it was in fact a sacred area to the Liguri tribe, together with the Monte Beigua

Monte Beigua

Monte Beigua is a mountain in the Ligurian Apennines in Liguria, northern Italy, between the two communes of Varazze and Sassello...

 and Monte Sagro

Monte Sagro

Monte Sagro is a mountain in the Alpi Apuane, in Tuscany, central Italy, overlooking the city of Carrara.It is located in the northern part of the range, and, being mostly composed of marble of renowned quality, is home to several quarries...

 in Italy

Italy

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.

It is mostly composed of conglomerates

Conglomerate (geology)

A conglomerate is a rock consisting of individual clasts within a finer-grained matrix that have become cemented together. Conglomerates are sedimentary rocks consisting of rounded fragments and are thus differentiated from breccias, which consist of angular clasts...

 from the Permian

Permian

The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Sir R. I. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian...

period.