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182  Nor T hwes T I TA L y

Introducing Northwest Italy

The northwest of Italy is made up of three very different geological
regions: the jagged Alps, the flat plain and the undulating shoreline
of the Mediterranean. This is one of the country’s most prosperous
areas, with much of its fortune made in the major cities of Genoa,
Milan and Turin. The northwest is also known for its beautiful lakes,
wild national parks and elegant historic homes. The major sights,
in the regions of Valle d’Aosta and Piedmont, Liguria and
Lombardy, are shown on this map. Lake Sondrio
Lake
Maggiore Como
LOMBARDY
Aosta Varese
Lecco (See pp190–213)
VALLE D'AOSTA Como
Bergamo
Biella
Monza
Ivrea Lake
Novara Milan Brescia Garda
Vercelli
The Parco Nazionale del Gran Lodi
Paradiso is a beautiful wilderness,
and the habitat of rare Alpine Turin Po
fauna and flora (see pp220–21). Pavia
Moncalieri Cremona
Po
Pinerolo
Asti
VALLE D’AOSTA
AND PIEDMONT Alessandria Tortona
(See pp214–33)
Alba

Cuneo LIGURIA
(See pp234–47) Genoa

The capital of Piedmont is Turin, an elegant and Savona Portofino
bustling city of splendid Baroque architecture.
Its skyline is dramatically dominated by the
Mole Antonelliana (see p228).
La Spezia
Impería
Sanremo

Sanremo is a typical
Riviera resort, with
palm trees and a
casino. The onion-
domed outline of the
Russian church adds The Basilica di Sant’Andrea in Vercelli is an
an exotic flavour to important Romanesque building, one of the
the town (see p238). earliest to use Gothic elements (see p232).
The picturesque Isola San Giulio in the centre of Lake Orta, Valle d’Aosta

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