Lake Nero (Cesana Torinese)
{{Short description|Alpine lake in Cesana Torinese, Piedmont, Italy}}
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The Lake Nero is an Alpine lake situated at 2,070 meters a.s.l. in the municipality of Cesana Torinese within the Metropolitan City of Turin.
Geography
File:Madonna_del_Lago_Nero_Cesana.png
The lake lies at the foot of {{ILL|Col Saurel|it}}, a few kilometers from the French border, and is accessible via an unpaved road from {{ILL|Bousson|it}} and Claviere.
Not far from the water’s edge stands a small sanctuary, the Madonna del Lago Nero, established between 1747 and 1840 and rebuilt in 1854 at the behest of Bousson’s residents.{{Cite web |author=Redazione |date=August 26, 2022 |title=Lago Nero Cesana Torinese Lago alpino in Alta Val di Susa |url=https://zenhikers.it/lago-nero-di-cesana-torinese-lago-alpino-nellalta-val-di-susa/ |access-date=August 9, 2024 |website=Zen Hikers |language=it-IT}}
Slightly uphill from the lake is a mountain refuge named {{ILL|Capanna Mautino|it}},{{Cite book |last=Baroni |first=Pietro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YU9-YZMrjHYC&dq=%22lago+nero%22+cesana&pg=PA81 |title=Montagna per tutti |publisher=Touring Editore |year=2004 |page=80 |isbn=978-88-365-3057-1 |access-date=February 23, 2019}} owned by the Sci Club Torino. This refuge serves as a base for summer or winter ascents to nearby peaks such as {{ILL|Mount Corbioun|it|Monte Corbioun}}, {{ILL|Fournier Peak|it|Cima Fournier}}, or {{ILL|Saurel Peak|it|Cima Saurel}}.
Nature Conservation
The lake is part of the SIC{{Cite journal |last=Molino |first=Aldo |date=August 31, 2012 |title=Il Lago Nero |url=http://www.piemonteparchi.it/cms/index.php/ambiente/educazione-ambientale/item/436-il-lago-nero |journal=Piemonte Parchi |access-date=February 24, 2019}} designated as {{ILL|Cima Fournier e Lago Nero|it}} (code IT1110058), spanning 639 hectares.{{Cite web |title=Cima Fournier e Lago Nero |url=http://www.regione.piemonte.it/habiweb/servlet/image.pdf?idSic=249 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225044754/http://www.regione.piemonte.it/habiweb/servlet/image.pdf?idSic=249 |archive-date=February 25, 2019 |access-date=February 24, 2019 |publisher=Regione Piemonte}}
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