Ghiffa
Comune in Piedmont, Italy
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Coat of arms
Location of Ghiffa
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45°57′N 8°37′E / 45.950°N 8.617°E / 45.950; 8.617
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Ghiffa (Ghifa in Lombard) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northeast of Turin and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Verbania on the western shore of the Lake Maggiore.
It is most famous for the Sacro Monte, a site of pilgrimage and worship close to it, inserted by UNESCO in the World Heritage List.
Notable people
- Peter Troubetzkoy lived in Ghiffa
References
External links
Media related to Ghiffa at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Official web site for European Sacred Mountains (in English)
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Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore, Verbano)
- Switzerland
- Ticino (Distretto di Locarno)
- Angera
- Arona
- Ascona
- Baveno
- Belgirate
- Besozzo
- Brebbia
- Brezzo di Bedero
- Brissago
- Cannero Riviera
- Cannobio
- Castelletto sopra Ticino
- Castelveccana
- Caviano
- Dormelletto
- Germignaga
- Gerra (Gambarogno)
- Ghiffa
- Ispra
- Laveno-Mombello
- Leggiuno
- Lesa
- Locarno
- Luino
- Maccagno
- Magadino
- Meina
- Minusio
- Monvalle
- Muralto
- Oggebbio
- Piazzogna
- Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore
- Porto Valtravaglia
- Ranco
- Ronco sopra Ascona
- San Nazzaro
- Sant'Abbondio
- Sesto Calende
- Stresa
- Tenero-Contra
- Tronzano Lago Maggiore
- Verbania
- Vira
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