Forte Roncia

Forte Roncia is a castle in , , and has an elevation of 2,294 metres. Forte Roncia is situated nearby to the fort , as well as near the cave .
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption dite la Pyramide de Mont-Cenis and Mont-Cenis Lake.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 670 metres southwest of Forte Roncia.

Reservoir
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is a lake located in the Mont-Cenis massif at an altitude of 1,974 meters in the municipality of in France. It is situated at the top of the Cenise valley, on the Italian side of the Mont-Cenis pass, the most frequented passage on the Lyon-Turin-Milan axis during the Middle Ages between Western Europe and the Italian peninsula.

Fort
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is situated 2 km south of Forte Roncia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand-Croix and Moncenisio.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km south of Forte Roncia.

Village
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is the smallest comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the region of , located about 60 km west of , on the border with France, in Val Cenischia. is situated 5 km southeast of Forte Roncia.

Village
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is a former commune in the department in the region in south-eastern . Part of its territory is home to the ski resort. is situated 6 km northwest of Forte Roncia.

Forte Roncia

Latitude
45.24417° or 45° 14′ 39″ north
Longitude
6.9561° or 6° 57′ 22″ east
Elevation
2,294 metres (7,526 feet)
Inception
1877
Open location code
8FQ86XV4+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 292789676
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q3748604
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Satellite Map

Discover Forte Roncia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Italian—“Forte Roncia” goes by many names.

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