Alpette: TO) (980m
Alpette occupies a mountainside position above the Orco Valley in Piedmont. This small comune in the Canavese area stands where close-set houses follow the contours beneath densely wooded slopes. Stone roof slabs, plastered façades and narrow lanes give the settlement a distinctly Alpine-built character, while the parish church’s bell tower anchors its compact centre. The surrounding valley belongs to the northwestern Italian Alps, a landscape of steep relief and long-established upland communities. Canavese forms part of the Metropolitan City of Turin, though Alpette’s scale remains firmly rural and Alpine.
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Few towns in Piedmont have a history as closely tied to copper working and the partisan Resistance as Alpette. Perched above the Orco Valley in the Canavese area, this small mountain community looks across a landscape of wooded slopes and Alpine foothills. Alpette’s Ecomuseum of Copper, Work and Resistance records local crafts and the role of the valley during the Second World War. The settlement is also a useful base for following roads into the upper Orco Valley, towards Gran Paradiso National Park. Browse other webcams across Piedmont’s Canavese area to place this setting in a wider geographic context.
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