The
Chisone (in Piedmontese
Chison or
Cleson) is a 50 km
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
torrent, which runs through
PragelatoPragelato is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 536 and an area of 89.6 km²....
,
FenestrelleFenestrelle is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin.It is home to the Fenestrelle Fort, one of the largest fortifications in Europe.-External links:*
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Perosa ArgentinaPerosa Argentina is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,532 and an area of 26.3 km²....
and
PineroloPinerolo is a town and commune in north-western Italy, 40 kilometres southwest of Turin on the river Chisone.-History:In the Middle Ages, the town of Pinerolo was one of the main crossroads in Italy, and was therefore one of the principal fortresses of the dukes of Savoy. Its military importance...
in the
Province of TurinThe Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin....
. It is a tributary of the Pellice, which in turn is a tributary of the
Po RiverThe Po is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest...
. Although classified as a torrent, there is no period of the year at which the Chisone runs dry.
The stream is formed at the foot of Monte Barifreddo in the
Cottian AlpsThe Cottian Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They form the border between France and Italy...
and initially runs NNW through the Parco Naturale della Val Troncea.
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The
Chisone (in Piedmontese
Chison or
Cleson) is a 50 km
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
torrent, which runs through
PragelatoPragelato is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 536 and an area of 89.6 km²....
,
FenestrelleFenestrelle is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin.It is home to the Fenestrelle Fort, one of the largest fortifications in Europe.-External links:*
...
,
Perosa ArgentinaPerosa Argentina is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 km southwest of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,532 and an area of 26.3 km²....
and
PineroloPinerolo is a town and commune in north-western Italy, 40 kilometres southwest of Turin on the river Chisone.-History:In the Middle Ages, the town of Pinerolo was one of the main crossroads in Italy, and was therefore one of the principal fortresses of the dukes of Savoy. Its military importance...
in the
Province of TurinThe Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin....
. It is a tributary of the Pellice, which in turn is a tributary of the
Po RiverThe Po is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest...
. Although classified as a torrent, there is no period of the year at which the Chisone runs dry.
The stream is formed at the foot of Monte Barifreddo in the
Cottian AlpsThe Cottian Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They form the border between France and Italy...
and initially runs NNW through the Parco Naturale della Val Troncea. The course then follows a semi-circular path through the Val Chisone passing to the east, the north and then to the west of Monte Albergian. The Chisone enters the Pellice some 15 km to the east of Pinerolo, the most important of the settlements on its course.
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