Lanzo Valleys

The Lanzo Valleys (in Italian Valli di Lanzo, in Piedmontese Valade ëd Lans) is a group of valleys in the north-west of Piedmont in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy.

Lanzo Valeys
Valli di Lanzo
The valleys as seen from Punta Lunelle
Location of the valley in Piedmont, NW Italy
Floor elevation500–3,670 m (1,640–12,040 ft)
Lengtharound 40 km (25 mi) west east
Geology
TypeRiver valley
Geography
LocationPiedmont, Italy
Coordinates45°16′59″N 7°24′00″E 
RiversStura di Lanzo

Etymology

The valleys take their name from the city of Lanzo, which lies in the main valley near its exit on the Po Plain.

Geography
The Devil's bridge on the Stura di Lanzo, where the valley meet the Po plain

The Stura di Lanzo, a tributary of the Po, collects the waters flowing through the valleys. The most important sub-valleys are, from south to north and from west to east, Valle di Viù (literally Valley of Viù), 'Val d'Ala (literally Valley of Ala), Val Grande (literally Great Valley) and Val Tesso (literally Valley of Tesso, being the Tesso a left-hand tributary of Stura di Lanzo).[1]

Besides Lanzo other municipalities of the area are Germagnano, Traves, Monastero di Lanzo, Coassolo Torinese, Pessinetto, Ceres, Ala di Stura, Balme, Viù, Lemie, Usseglio, Cantoira, Chialamberto and Groscavallo.

Access

The valleys can be reached by the Po Plain either by railway, with the Ferrovia Torino-Ceres, or by road, following the strada provinciale[2] n.1 named "Direttisima delle Valli di Lanzo".

Notable summits
Punta Sulè
Lago di Unghiasse, the whider natural lake of the valleys

Among the notable summits which surround the valley there are:

Notes and references
  1. Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Regione Piemonte - 2007
  2. Strada provinciale = provincial road
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