Forcella dell’Alpe
Forcella dell’Alpe is a mountain saddle in Esino Lario, Province of Lecco, Lombardy and has an elevation of 1,122 metres. Forcella dell’Alpe is situated near the locality Sass de Orscelere, as well as near Alpe di Esino.Places of Interest
Highlights: Lierna Castle and Museo delle Grigne.
Lierna Castle
Castle
Lierna Castle is a castle on the eastern side of Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy. The castle is built on a peninsula that protrudes into the lake and consists of a group of connected buildings, rather than a single building.
Museo delle Grigne
Museum
The Museo delle Grigne is the civic museum of Esino Lario in Italy. It preserves and presents to the public a collection of natural history materials including fossils, minerals, representations of phytoclimatic areas of the lake, dioramas of animals, and a collection of Italian butterflies, as well as archaeological and ethno-anthropological artifacts.
San Vittore
Church
San Vittore is a parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan in Esino Lario, Province of Lecco, Italy. It is located on a rocky outcrop and is dedicated to Victor Maurus, who died circa 303 in Milan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lierna and Perledo.
Lierna
Lierna is a picturesque village on the east coast of Lake Como, occasionally dubbed "the Portofino of Como".Perledo
Perledo is a village in a comune of the same name that goes from the shores of Lake Como up to the Grigna mountains in the Province of Lecco, in the Lombardy region of Italy.Varenna
Varenna is a fairly sedate, attractive lakeside village in the central part of Lake Como in the Lombardy region of Italy. Varenna is the fifth richest municipality in all of Italy for income paid by taxpayers.Forcella dell’Alpe
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,122 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Esino Lario, Province of Lecco, Lake Como, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.9767° or 45° 58′ 36″ north
Longitude
9.325° or 9° 19′ 30″ east
Elevation
1,122 metres (3,681 feet)
Open location code
8FQFX8GF+MX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sass de Orscelere and Alpe di Esino.
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Highlights: Monte Parolo and Piano di San Pietro.
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