Locana: La Valle Orco
Built around the Orco River, Locana grew into a dispersed mountain municipality in Piedmont’s Canavese district. It lies in the Valle Orco, a Western Alpine valley shaped by the river and enclosed by steep, wooded slopes. The Orco is a tributary of the Po, linking this upland setting to the wider Piedmont plain. Up-valley from Locana lies Gran Paradiso National Park, established in 1922 as Italy’s first national park. Locana’s centre and scattered hamlets retain the pattern of Alpine settlement, with homes, small clearings and pastures set between the river corridor and the surrounding woodland.
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Locana sits on the Orco River in Piedmont’s Canavese district, where a narrow Alpine valley rises toward the Gran Paradiso massif. The municipality is formed by a central settlement and scattered hamlets amid woodland and pasture, on the route through Valle Orco towards Ceresole Reale and the Nivolet Pass. Part of Locana’s territory belongs to Gran Paradiso National Park, founded in 1922 from the former royal hunting reserve of Victor Emmanuel II. The park is closely associated with the protection of Alpine ibex, while Locana retains the everyday character of a year-round mountain community. Continue through nearby webcams to explore Valle Orco and Piedmont.
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