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    The Val Chisone is one of the Occitan valleys of western Piedmont, situated in the Cottian Alps in the Metropolitan City of Turin in north-west Italy...
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    southwest of Turin on the river Chisone. The Lemina torrent has its source at the boundary between Pinerolo and San Pietro Val di Lemina. Archaeological remains...
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    Piedmontese. In the past, in the lower Val Chisone, Waldensian communities were the major part of the population. Chisone, Pellice and Germanasca Valleys were...
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    through the Parco Naturale della Val Troncea. The course then follows a semi-circular path through the Val Chisone passing to the east, the north and...
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    at the Castle of Rivoli, understood the danger posed by the Chisone Valley (Val Chisone) for the French Army and decided to build 3 small redoubts and...
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    and Lungro, Calabria, and the so-called "Waldensian Valleys" (Val Pellice, Val Chisone and Valle Germanasca) of western Piedmont, respectively. Most historical...
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    The nature park Parco naturale Val Troncea is located in Val Chisone, municipality of Pragelato in the Metropolitan City of Turin. The park was created...
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    XIV of France rescinded the Edict of Nantes and started purging the Val Chisone of Waldensians, forcefully converting the inhabitants to Catholicism...
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    northwest of Turin, in the val Chisone. The population of the village is 3061 (30 June 2023). It is located in the Val Chisone area and it is part of the...
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    Alpini Battalion "Val Cenischia" 4th Alpini "Valley" Group Alpini Battalion "Val d’Orco" Alpini Battalion "Val Chisone" Alpini Battalion "Val Toce" 6th Alpine...
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    in the Italian region of Piemonte, Italy, linking the Susa Valley and Val Chisone. The road was built around 1700 to gain access to the fortresses in the...
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    Piedmont, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Turin, in the upper Val Chisone. The name Pragelato, meaning "icy meadow", has been derived from the...
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  • Gigo, Moulinet, Guiouno and Cadrio Po Valley: Giga and Bouréa Val Germanasca and Val Chisone: Courento, Ëspouzino, Bouréo de Ruclarét 1998 Silvio Peron and...
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    there until the 20th century: the Oulx valley the Pragela (Pragelato et Val Chisone) the Castelade de Châteaudauphin (Casteldelfino in Italian). The province...
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    from June 1 to October 31. It runs along the ridge that separates the Val Chisone and Susa valley and passes several mountain passes between these valleys...
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    of Piedmont, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of Turin in the Val Chisone. Roure borders the following municipalities: Bussoleno, San Giorio di...
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    Piedmont, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Turin in the Val Chisone. Inverso Pinasca borders the following municipalities: Perosa Argentina...
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    di Susa Val Sangone Val Chisone Val Germanasca Val Pellice Valle Po Valle Maira Val Varaita Valle Stura di Demonte Valle Gesso Val Bormida Val Curone Valle...
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    January 2019. "Val Pellice". Fronte del Piave. Retrieved 6 January 2019. "Val Chisone". Fronte del Piave. Retrieved 6 January 2019. "Val Dora". Fronte...
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    inhabitants as of 1 January 2021 and is located on the pass that links Val Chisone and Val Susa, at 2,035 metres (6,677 feet) above mean sea level. The village...
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    cluster of Alpine valleys, the so-called "Waldensian Valleys" (Val Pellice, Val Chisone and Valle Germanasca), in western Piedmont. Since 1975 the Waldensians...
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    Regiment the Battalion "Val Chisone", which recruited in the Chisone Valley, and from the 5th Alpini Regiment the battalions "Val Dora" and "Moncenisio"...
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    and Lungro, Calabria, and the so-called "Waldensian Valleys" (Val Pellice, Val Chisone and Valle Germanasca) of western Piedmont, respectively. Most historical...
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    Established in 1980, it covers a vast Alpine area between the Val Susa and the Val Chisone, in the Graian Alps and the Cottian Alps. The Site of Community...
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  • made up of five separate valleys – Briançonnais, Oulx, Casteldelfino, Val Chisone, and Queyras. The charter was later confirmed by letters patent from...
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    are in bold; their reserve battalions, named after valleys (in Italian: Val or Valle), and the newly raised battalions, named after mountains (in Italian:...
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    Alps, located in Italy. The mountain is located on the ridge between Val Chisone (North) and Valle Germanasca (South). Going West an unnamed saddle at...
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    Battalion "Val Pellice", which recruited in the Pellice Valley, the Battalion "Val Chisone", which recruited in the Chisone Valley, and the Battalion "Val Brenta"...
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    Turin in the Val Chisone. Pinasca borders the following municipalities: Giaveno, Perosa Argentina, Cumiana, Pinerolo, Frossasco, San Pietro Val Lemina, Inverso...
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  • Italy. This is because grape varieties grown in Spain (Batista) and the Val Chisone and Susa Valley (Gamay Luverdon) in Piedmont, Italy were found by DNA...
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