Corteno Golgi: San Pietro - Aprica - Magnolta Ski Slope
Tucked between Valtellina and Val Camonica, Aprica is a place whose character is shaped by the mountain pass linking the two Alpine valleys. At 1,176 metres, Aprica Pass has long provided a route between the Adda valley of Valtellina and the Oglio valley of Val Camonica. Magnolta is a principal sector of the Aprica ski area, with pistes descending the slopes above the settlement. Rather than occupying a valley floor, Aprica spreads along the pass and its adjoining slopes. On the eastern side, Corteno Golgi commemorates Camillo Golgi, the physician and 1906 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine who was born there.
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Corteno Golgi straddles the Ogliolo di Corteno stream in Lombardy’s upper Val Camonica, and its side-valley position has shaped a community closely connected with mountain pasture, forest and alpine roads. Smaller hamlets extend across the slopes above the main settlement, while the municipal territory reaches the Valli di Sant’Antonio Nature Reserve, known for conifer woods, streams and high meadows. The town bears the name of Camillo Golgi, the physician and scientist born here who received the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Move on to other webcams in Lombardy to compare mountain valleys and settlements around Corteno Golgi.
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