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    The Chisone (in Piedmontese Chison or Cleson) is a 53-kilometre (33 mi) Italian torrent, which runs through Pragelato, Fenestrelle, Perosa Argentina and...
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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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    San Germano Chisone (French: Saint-Germain) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about...
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    northwestern Italy, 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Turin on the river Chisone. The Lemina torrent has its source at the boundary between Pinerolo and...
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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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    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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    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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    received from the 4th Alpini Regiment the Battalion "Val Chisone", which recruited in the Chisone Valley, and from the 5th Alpini Regiment the battalions...
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    municipalities: Pinasca, San Pietro Val Lemina, Inverso Pinasca, San Germano Chisone, Porte. Once a predominantly agricultural center, it is now an industrial...
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    Dora Riparia (Césanne, Oulx, Bardonnèche and Exilles) and that of the Chisone (Fénestrelles, Pérouse, Pragelas). The glens all lay on the eastern slope...
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    Arda Taro Ceno Stirone Parma Baganza Enza Crostolo Secchia Panaro Pellice Chisone Germanasca Chisola Lemina Sangone Dora Riparia Cenischia Dora di Bardonecchia...
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    well-maintained. The GTA runs south from the Susa Valley, crossing the Chisone, Germanasca, and Pellice Valleys. The Monte Viso bypass uses two huts belonging...
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    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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    nascent Protestantism. At a meeting held in 1526 in Laus, a town in the Chisone valley, it was decided to send envoys to examine the new movement. In 1532...
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  • municipalities: Pinerolo, San Pietro Val Lemina, Villar Perosa, San Germano Chisone, and San Secondo di Pinerolo. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni...
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    ridge which, starting from Sestriere, divides the Susa Valley from the Chisone valley. According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision...
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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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    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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    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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    Fossano Val Stura Val Maira Monti Lessini 4th Alpini Torino Val Pellice Val Chisone Val Brenta 5th Alpini Milan Val Dora Moncenisio Valtellina Alta Valtellina...
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    runs through the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is a tributary of the Chisone, into which it flows near Perosa Argentina. The valley formed by the river...
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    Cenis) 2,176 m Colle delle Finestre Alps Italy pass Susa Valley and Val Chisone Northern side (from Susa) of this road is gravel from c. 1,450 m, but it...
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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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    & Belluno (77–79, 106 Cos) Territorial Militia Alpini Battalions – Val Chisone (228–230 Cos); Val Piave (267 & 268 Cos) & Val Cordevole (206 & 266 Cos)...
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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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    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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  • *Iemerioi, 'the twins') were a Celto-Ligurian tribe dwelling in the Val Chisone (Cottian Alps) during the Iron Age. They are mentioned as Iemeriorum on...
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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 harsh...
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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 all...
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    which recruited in the Pellice Valley, the Battalion "Val Chisone", which recruited in the Chisone Valley, and the Battalion "Val Brenta", which was recruited...
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