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    Valle Vigezzo (Vigezzo Valley) is a valley in the Lepontine Alps in northwestern Italy on the border with Canton Ticino of Switzerland. It forms the eastern...
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  • Farina (1685–1766), an Italian perfume maker from Santa Maria Maggiore, Valle Vigezzo. In 1708, Farina wrote to his brother Jean Baptiste: "I have found a...
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  • they operate the railway through the Swiss Centovalli and the Italian Valle Vigezzo, which connects the Gotthard trans-Alpine rail route at Locarno railway...
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  • Lorenzo Peretti Junior was the last descendant of a gifted dynasty of Valle Vigezzo artists: the Perettis of Buttogno. His artistic inclinations and talent...
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    autolinee regionali ticinesi)) through the Swiss Centovalli and Italian Valle Vigezzo Austria – 750 mm / 2 ft 5+1⁄2 in gauge: The International Rhine Regulation...
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    Valley Strona di Mosso Valley Valle Stura di Demonte Susa Valley Valle Vigezzo Val Vogna Varaita Valley Piscinamanna Valle del Belice Brantental Durnholzer...
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  • founded their firm in France, the Mellerio family of jewellers, from Valle Vigezzo, modified their name to Mellerio dits Meller. Some families with such...
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    Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, in Valle Vigezzo, located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) northeast of Turin and about 25...
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  • business. The firm started in 1613, founded by the Mellerio family from Valle Vigezzo, under the patronage of Marie de Médicis. Jean-Baptiste Mellerio (1765-1850)...
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    community of Dissimo, which today belongs to the community of Re in Valle Vigezzo). In 1819, a six-story hotel with thermal facilities was built at the...
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    Gian Maria Rastellini was born in Buttogno, a small village in the Valle Vigezzo, to a well-to-do family and was introduced to painting first by his...
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    niobium, tantalum, and titanium. It was first discovered near Orcesco, Valle Vigezzo, Provo Novara, Northern Italy, in cavities of an albitic rock. The crystals...
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    between Domodossola, Italy, and Locarno, Switzerland. It passes through the Vigezzo Valley (Italian side) and Centovalli (Swiss side). It touches the villages...
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  • divisionist painter. Born in Prestinone (Craveggia) into a humble family of Valle Vigezzo farmers in 1871, his talent emerged after he began attending courses...
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    the Valle Verzasca, the Cento Valli and also from the Italian Val Vigezzo valleys, and frequently worked in northern Italy. Every autumn in Vigezzo chimney...
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  • Modena, Bologna, and Cento) and with branches in Turin, Genova and Valle Vigezzo, the Gennari family has made significant contributions to various fields...
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    capacity of 40 people), a concentration camp was set up at Druogno in the Vigezzo Valley. As of October 2, 1944, 150 arrests had already been made and it...
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    Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei Re, Piedmont: Madonna del Sangue in the Valle Vigezzo (Vigezzotal) Vatican: Saint Peter's tomb, Holy Lance, grave of John...
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    anti-clockwise: Val d'Ossola Valle Anzasca Valle Antrona Val Bognanco Val Divedro Valle Antigorio Val Formazza Val Vigezzo Valsesia Val Mastallone Val...
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  • Italian neo-impressionist and divisionist painter. Born into a family of Valle Vigezzo farmers in 1870, he attended the Rossetti Valentini Art School in Santa...
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    valleys: Anzasca, Antrona, Bognanco, Divedro, Antigorio, Formazza, Isorno and Vigezzo. It is surrounded by the Pennine Alps on the western side and by the Lepontine...
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    Bergamino. The Swiss were once again marauding in the villages of the Valle Vigezzo, when they were assaulted by the Milanese troops from three sides. The...
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    part of the Onsermone massif. The mountain lies between the Valle Isorno and Val Vigezzo, not far from the border with Switzerland, and is linked by a...
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    "Vigezzini di Francia. Pittura d'alpe e d'Oltralpe tra Otto e Novecento in Valle Vigezzo", Skira, Milan, 2007 Giovanna Nicoletti: "Paesaggi dell'Ottocento. Verso...
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  • paths. This historic way starts in Domodossola and goes through the Valle Vigezzo and the Centovalli as far as Locarno. The track uses trails and mule...
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    square kilometres (16.7 sq mi). Malesco is the most populous comune in Val Vigezzo and has a station on the Domodossola–Locarno railway which runs along the...
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    the drainage basin of the Po River. It is located between the valley of Vigezzo in the north, the Cannobina valley in the northwest, the valley of Ossola...
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    Formaggella Valcavallina Formaggello spazzacamino – Val Vigezzo, Piedmont Formaggetta Formaggetta della Valle Argentina – Liguria Formaggetta di Bonassola – Liguria...
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  • Morelli, Domobianca, Druogno, Formazza, Macugnaga, Mottarone, Piana di Vigezzo, Pian di Sole, San Domenico di Varzo) Oropa Pian del Frais Pontechianale...
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  • Fondazione Slow Food per la Biodiversità (in Italian). ‘Ramassin del Monviso Valle Bronda’[permanent dead link‍], Fondazione Slow Food per la Biodiversità...
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