Italy: Nature

Italy
Nature

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Mountains

Pavel Szabo Wrote 13.09.2014:

Italy is a very mountainous country. Entire north of the country occupy Alps and center from north to south long ridge of the Apennines.

Volcanos

Pavel Szabo Wrote 13.09.2014:

Italy already has three very famous volcano.

  • Etna is the highest volcano in all of Europe
  • Vesuvius is due to the destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii again historically famous
  • Stromboli is the most active volcano in Europe
Etna

Etna

Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius

Mountain passes

Pavel Szabo Wrote 13.09.2014:

Italy as a very mountainous country has a lot of interesting passes. Thanks to the world-famous Giro d´Italia, cyclists are especially popular. Perhaps the most famous alpine pass in Italy is Passo Stelvio.

Pavel Szabo Wrote 13.09.2014:

In Italy, you found not only its famous beaches, but also the beautiful mountains and the remnants of volcanic activity mainly in the Aeolian Islands.

Lakes and Ponds

Canyons and valleys

Road mountain passes

Pavel Szabo Wrote 13.09.2014:

In Italy, there are a number of high Alpine road passes. Passes to the south of the Apennines are not so high even though, of course, beautiful.

  • The most important passes in Italy are Passo Stelvio, Gavia, Timmelsjoch, Umbrail, Great St Bernard Pass, Forcola di Livigno and many beautiful Dolomite passes.

Glaciers

Rock formations

Torre Sant'Andrea

Torre Sant'Andrea

Volcanic activity

Stromboli

Stromboli

Waterfalls

Mountain Range

Bernina

Bernina

Graj Alps

Graj Alps

Kottic Alps

Kottic Alps

Ötztal Alps

Ötztal Alps

The Sesvenna Mountains

The Sesvenna Mountains

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Montreal

Montreal

Montmorency Fall Tour

Montmorency Fall Tour

Longwood Gardens

Longwood Gardens

Hopewell Rocks

Hopewell Rocks

Peggy´s Cove

Peggy´s Cove

Evening film USA

Evening film USA

American license plates

American license plates