Domodossola
Domodossola is an Italian commune of approximately: 18300 inhabitants, located in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont, area of the Flat of Po.
Access
- the international railway station of Domodossola is on the history line of the Tunnel of the Simplon which comes from Brigue in Suisse and which crosses the mountain on nearly 20 km. Before the boring of the tunnel of the Saint-Gothard, the road traffic, by the Simplon pass, towards Italy was done primarily by Domodossola, especially in summer period.
- an electrified railway line (called the Vigezzina in Italy and Centovallina in Switzerland), to Narrow gauge railway (1 meter), connects on 52 km the town of Locarno with 21 stations of stop. The small train Domodossola Locarno
- a26 highway leads directly to Milan, Turin and the remainder of Italy.
Geography
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History
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Administration
Hamlets
Mocogna, Castanedo, Badulerio, San Quirico, Chalice, Borgata Put Delle Rane, Calvario, Corte, Gabi Valle, Boschetto, Siberia, Nosere
Communes bordering
Beura-Cardezza, Bognanco, Crevoladossola, Will mass, Montescheno, Trasquera, Trontano, Villadossola
Monuments and inheritance
- the Mount Crowned of Domodossola , classified in 2003 on the List of the world heritage by UNESCO with the others Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy.
Personalities born in Domodossola
- Gianfranco Contini (1912 - 1990), writer.
See too
- Lake Maggiore
- Lac of Orta
- town of Verbania
- town of Stressed
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