Monte Buio
{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
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| name = Monte Buio
| photo =Monte_Buio.jpg
| photo_caption = Monte Buio from Incisa pass
| elevation_m = 1400
| elevation_ref = 1:25.000 map of IGM, see [http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it]
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| map = Italy
| map_caption = Location in Italy
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| location = Liguria and Piedmont, Italy
| range = Ligurian Apennines
| coordinates = {{coord|44|34|53.4|N|9|6|41.4|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| easiest_route=hiking on waymarked footpath
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Monte Buio is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines. It is located between the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria. It lies at an altitude of 1400 metres.
Toponymy
Monte in Italian means Mount while Buio means Dark.buio, translation on [https://www.wordreference.com/iten/buio www.wordreference.com]
Geography
The mountain has grassy slopes and on its summit stands a large cross. Is a tripoint where the valleys of Brevenna, Borbera and Vobbia meet. A brief ridge connects Monte Buio with monte Antola and the Ligurian Sea/Adriatic Sea water divide. The Monte Buio overlooks the Val Vobbia.{{cite book | language = it | title = Notizie topografiche e statistiche sugli stati sardi. | first = G. Luigi | last = de Bartolomeis | publisher = Chirio e Mina | location = Torino | year = 1847| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=A6d8yTetAvAC&q=monte+buio&pg=PA1505 | chapter = Mandamento di Savignone | pages = 1303 | access-date = 2019-12-07}}
Access to the summit
File:Monte Buio a sinistra il Monte Rosa.png (left of the cross)]]
There are several hiking paths reaching the summit of Monte Buio, starting from Alpe and Vallenzona (two villages of the comune of Vobbia), from Tonno (Valbrevenna) and from the mountain passes of the Incisa and San Fermo.{{cite web | language = it | url = http://www.provincia.alessandria.gov.it/sentieri/index.php?whattodo=sentieri&file=singola&id=89 | title = Anello Bormida-Spinti tappa 07 (CAPANNE DI CARREGA - MONTE ANTOLA) | publisher = Provincia di Alessandria | access-date= 2019-12-07 }}
The summit offers a good point of view on the nearby valleys and from it also the Ligurian Sea and a large stretch of the Western Alps can be seen.{{cite web | language = it | url = http://www.naturaliguria.it/tag/monte-buio/ | title = Fioriscono i narcisi sul monte Buio | author = Stefano Spadacini | access-date = 2019-12-07 }}
Conservation
The Ligurian side of the mountain since 1989 is included in the Parco naturale regionale dell'AntolaParco naturale regionael dell'Antola', pdf text on [http://www.altaviadeimontiliguri.it/portale/resources/cms/documents/guida_parco_antola.pdf www.altaviadeimontiliguri.it] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328165727/http://www.altaviadeimontiliguri.it/portale/resources/cms/documents/guida_parco_antola.pdf |date=2016-03-28 }} while the Piedmontese one is part of the Parco naturale dell'Alta val Borbera''.
References
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Bibliography
- {{Cite book | title= La catena dell'Antola. 113 escursioni fra Scrivia, Trebia e Oltrepo sui monti delle quattro province | author = Andrea Parodi, Alessio Schiavi|year=2015|publisher=Andrea Parodi Editore | language = it | isbn = 978-88-8887-316-9 }}
External links
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- [https://montiliguri.weebly.com/monte-buio.html Hiking itinerary to Monte Buio]
{{Mountains of Liguria}}
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Category:Mountains of Piedmont