Madesimo
Encyclopedia
Madesimo is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Sondrio
in the Italian
region Lombardy
, located about 110 km north of Milan
and about 50 km northwest of Sondrio
, on the border with Switzerland.
Madesimo borders the following municipalities: Campodolcino
, Ferrera
(Switzerland), Medels im Rheinwald (Switzerland), Mesocco
(Switzerland), Piuro
, Splügen (Switzerland), Sufers
(Switzerland).
Madesimo is a popular place for winter sports, and offers a variety of slopes an hills for both skiing and snowboarding. During the summer, there are many hike-able trails and paths that run up the mountains. It is here that poet Giosuè Carducci
would come in search of inspiration for his works. The main avenue in Madesimo is named after him.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Sondrio
Province of Sondrio
The Province of Sondrio is in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the town of Sondrio.It has an area of 3,212 km², and a total population of 176,856...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
, located about 110 km north of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and about 50 km northwest of Sondrio
Sondrio
Sondrio is an Italian town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,000 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombard Province of Sondrio.- History :...
, on the border with Switzerland.
Madesimo borders the following municipalities: Campodolcino
Campodolcino
Campodolcino is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 100 km north of Milan and about 50 km northwest of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland...
, Ferrera
Ferrera
Ferrera is a municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Grisons, Switzerland. It was formed on 1 January 2008 through the merger of Innerferrera and Ausserferrera...
(Switzerland), Medels im Rheinwald (Switzerland), Mesocco
Mesocco
Mesocco is a municipality in the district of Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-History:The first human settlement in the area dates back to the Mesolithic era. Stone tools dating to about 6000 BC have been found in the Silex section of the municipality. At the same site, Neolithic fire pits...
(Switzerland), Piuro
Piuro
Piuro is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 100 km north of Milan and about 40 km northwest of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland...
, Splügen (Switzerland), Sufers
Sufers
Sufers is a municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.-Geography:Sufers has an area, , of . Of this area, 13.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.8% is forested...
(Switzerland).
Madesimo is a popular place for winter sports, and offers a variety of slopes an hills for both skiing and snowboarding. During the summer, there are many hike-able trails and paths that run up the mountains. It is here that poet Giosuè Carducci
Giosuè Carducci
Giosuè Alessandro Michele Carducci was an Italian poet and teacher. He was very influential and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906 he became the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.-Biography:...
would come in search of inspiration for his works. The main avenue in Madesimo is named after him.