The name of which Italian region means Foot of the Mountain?
"The nearby liberal arts college, Furman University, founded in 1826, is located near the foot of the mountain for which the park is named. Paris Mountain lies in the Piedmont region of the United States. The mountain is a monadnock, a mountain that stands alone in an area. The word ""monadnock"" comes from Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire. The elevation of Paris Mountain exceeds . The Piedmont region where Paris Mountain is located is a raised plateau. The Piedmont, which means ""foot of the mountain"", covers a third of South Carolina and contains several other monadnocks in addition to Paris"
"Another word for a foothill region is ""piedmont"", derived from ""foot of the mount"" in Romance languages. The Piedmont region of Italy lies in the foothills of the Alps, and several other foothills in other parts of the world are called ""piedmont"", and include: Ecosystems of piedmonts (foothills) are often known as submontane zones, relating to the higher montane ecosystems. Foothills Foothills or are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills and the adjacent topographically"
"meaning “at the foot of the mountains” (the Alps) attested in documents of the end of the 12th century. Other towns of Piedmont with more than 20,000 inhabitants sorted by population : Piedmont is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including Monviso, where the Po rises, and Monte Rosa. It borders with France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), Switzerland (Ticino and Valais) and the Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria, Aosta Valley and for a very small fragment with Emilia Romagna. The geography of Piedmont is 43.3% mountainous, along with extensive areas of hills (30.3%) and plains (26.4%). Piedmont is the"
"Piedmont Piedmont ( ; , ; Piedmontese, German, Occitan and , ; ) is a region in northwest Italy, one of the 20 regions of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest; it also borders France to the west and Switzerland to the northeast. It has an area of and a population of 4 377 941 as of 30 November 2017. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The name Piedmont comes from medieval Latin Pedemontium or Pedemontis, i.e., ""ad pedem montium"","
"Monti Gemelli Monti Gemelli (""Twin Mountains"") is the name given to two similar mountains, Montagna dei Fiori and Montagna dei Campli, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. They are located in the Province of Teramo. The two peaks are located on the eastern side of the Monti della Laga mountain range, and they are separated by a gorge carved by the Salinello stream. The northern mountain, Montaga dei Fiori, has a slope descending into the Province of Ascoli Piceno. These mountains are also associated with the herb Field Wort (known in Latin as herba gentiana) which, according to the Pseudo-Apuleius"
"Marche Marche (), or the Marches , is one of the twenty regions of Italy. The name of the region derives from the plural name of ""marca"", originally referring to the medieval March of Ancona and nearby marches of Camerino and Fermo. Marche is well known for its shoemaking tradition, with the finest and most luxurious Italian footwear being manufactured in this region. The region is located in the Central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the north, Tuscany to the west, Umbria to the southwest, Abruzzo and Lazio to the south"
"Montagna dei Fiori Montagna dei Fiori (Italian: ""Mountain of the Flowers"") is a mountain group in the Abruzzo, central Italy, forming the Monti Gemelli massif, together with the Montagna di Campli. It is located nearby the boundary between the province of Teramo and the Marche region; due to its proximity to Ascoli Piceno, it is also known as Montagna d'Ascoli. The highest peak is the Monte Girella, at 1,814 m above the sea level. The mountain, at an elevation of 1,110 m, is home to the hamlet of San Giacomo, a ""frazione"" of Valle Castellana and one of the main"
"region to the north of ""Ciociaria"", but part of the Province of Rome. The term first appears in a map of the Papal States, in which a land in ""Campagna e Marittima"" province is named ""Ciocciarìa"". The variant ""Cioceria"" has been used since the 18th century. The name Ciociaria comes from the primitive footwear of its inhabitants, ""ciocie"". These shoes are rarely used nowadays, but remain as a local symbol, used by folklore groups, and for historical celebrations. Ciociaria has annual food fairs, entertainment events and music festivals, as well as a variety of traditional feasts. Religious, country and rural"
"ski resorts in the area. Montagna dei Fiori Montagna dei Fiori (Italian: ""Mountain of the Flowers"") is a mountain group in the Abruzzo, central Italy, forming the Monti Gemelli massif, together with the Montagna di Campli. It is located nearby the boundary between the province of Teramo and the Marche region; due to its proximity to Ascoli Piceno, it is also known as Montagna d'Ascoli. The highest peak is the Monte Girella, at 1,814 m above the sea level. The mountain, at an elevation of 1,110 m, is home to the hamlet of San Giacomo, a ""frazione"" of Valle Castellana"
"Monteroni di Lecce Monteroni di Lecce (Salentino: ) is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Lecce, in Apulia in southern Italy. It has 13,600 inhabitants. It is from Lecce, in the area called Salento (reported until recently also as Terra d'Otranto). Probably the name Monteroni comes from Latin ""Mons Tyronum"", meaning ""mount of the spear-men"" and hinting its origin as a training camp for the Roman legions. In fact originally the Romans apparently established a military stronghold on the hill nowadays called ""San Filii"". From this era of romanisation of the region, coins and other archaeological material has"
"Foggia Foggia (; ) is a city and ""comune"" of Apulia, in southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013 its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the ""granary of Italy"". The name """"Foggia"""" might derive from Latin """"fovea"""", meaning """"pit"""", referring to the pits where wheat was stored. The name's etymology remains uncertain however, as it could as well stem from """"Phocaea"""", or most probably from the Medieval Greek word for """"fire"""", which is """"fotia"""", as according to legend the original -11th-c-AD- settlers were peasants, allegedly after"
"Italian Peninsula The Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula (, ""Penisola appenninica"") extends from the Po Valley in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south (about 44% of total Italy's area). The peninsula's shape gives it the nickname ""lo Stivale"" (the Boot). Three smaller peninsulas contribute to this characteristic shape, namely Calabria (the ""toe""), Salento (the ""heel"") and Gargano (the ""spur""). Geographically, the Italian peninsula consists of the land south of a line extending from the Magra to the Rubicon rivers, north of the Tuscan–Emilian Apennines. It excludes the Po Valley and the southern slopes of the Alps."
"has never been able to have a majority, either in a national election or at the regional level. The region is divided into five provinces: Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Fermo, Macerata, Pesaro e Urbino. Marche Marche (), or the Marches , is one of the twenty regions of Italy. The name of the region derives from the plural name of ""marca"", originally referring to the medieval March of Ancona and nearby marches of Camerino and Fermo. Marche is well known for its shoemaking tradition, with the finest and most luxurious Italian footwear being manufactured in this region. The region is located"
"Ladinia Ladinia is an Alpine region in the Dolomites mountain range of Northern Italy, divided between the Italian provinces of Belluno, South Tyrol, and Trento. The area takes its name from its inhabitants, the Ladin people, a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Their Ladin language is generally considered a Rhaeto-Romance language, though there is a scientific debate (""Questione Ladina"") if it forms part of a wider Northern Italian dialect continuum. As a Rhaeto-Romance language, Ladin was part of a large area, which about 1000 AD stretched from Ticino (""Tessin"") and Grisons in the Swiss Alps to the Julian Alps (in present-day Slovenia)"
"Caramanico Terme Caramanico Terme is a ""comune"" and town in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy, situated near the confluence of the Orfento and Orta rivers, on a hilltop between the Monte Morrone and the Majella mountains. The town takes its name from either ""cara"", meaning rock, or from ""arimannia"", a Lombard establishment in the late Middle Ages. Then the name Terme was added in 1960 because of the presence of a spa nearby. The present settlement is recorded since Lombard times. Then it underwent a remarkable development in the 14th-15th centuries, under the D'Aquino family,"
"Altopiano delle Murge The Altopiano delle Murge (Italian for ""Murge plateau"") is a karst topographic plateau of rectangular shape in southern Italy. Most of it lies within Apulia and corresponds with the sub-region known as Murgia or Le Murge. The plateau lies mainly in the Metropolitan City of Bari and the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, but extends into the provinces of Brindisi and Taranto to the south; and into Matera in Basilicata to the west. The name is believed to originate from the Latin ""murex"", meaning ""sharp stone"". The Murge plateau covers a surface of some 4,000 km², bordered by the"
"Alpe della Luna The Alpe della Luna (""Alp of the Moon"") is a mountain massif in the northern Apennine Mountains of central Italy. It is situated across the boundaries of Tuscany, Marche, Umbria and Romagna. It is part of Appennino tosco-romagnolo. Its highest peaks are the Monte dei Frati, at 1,453 m above sea level, and Monte Maggiore (1,384 m). The sources of the Metauro, Marecchia (on the Adriatic Sea-facing slopes) and Tiber River tributaries (on the Tyrrhenian Sea side) are located in the massif area. The Alpe della Luna is composed mostly of marlstone and sandstone. The wildlife is"
"Giffoni Sei Casali Giffoni Sei Casali (Campanian: ) is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. The communal seat, Capitignano, appeared when the Romans destroyed Picentia, whose inhabitants took refuge on the mountains nearby. The modern name, according to tradition, would derive from ""Caput Jani"" (""Janus' head""), referring to the head of statue of the god which they brought to the new site. Capitignano was part of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies until 1860, as part of the district of Salerno. The municipality is situated in a hill zone by the"
"Salento Salento (Salentu in the Salentino dialect) is a geographic region at the southern end of the administrative region of Apulia in Southern Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the Italian Peninsula, sometimes described as the ""heel"" of the Italian ""boot"". It encompasses the entire administrative area of the province of Lecce, a large part of the province of Brindisi and part of that of Taranto. The peninsula is also known as Terra d'Otranto, and in the past Sallentina. In ancient times it was called variously Calabria or Messapia. Messapia (from Greek ""Μεσσαπία"") was the ancient name of a region"
"and technology, fashion, cuisine, sports, jurisprudence, banking and business both abroad and worldwide. Furthermore, Italian people are generally known for their localism (both regionalist and municipalist) . The Latin name ""Italia"" according to Strabo's ""Geographica"" was used by Greeks to indicate the southwestern tip of the Italian peninsula, corresponding roughly to the current region of Calabria, from the strait of Messina to the line connecting the gulf of Salerno and gulf of Taranto. It most likely originates with Oscan ""Víteliú"", meaning ""land of young cattle"" (""cf."" Latin ""vitulus"" ""calf"", Umbrian ""vitlo"" ""calf""). The bull was a symbol of the southern"
"Villa Carelli-Palombi, the Villa Urselli and the Villa Saetta. <BR> Monteroni di Lecce Monteroni di Lecce (Salentino: ) is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Lecce, in Apulia in southern Italy. It has 13,600 inhabitants. It is from Lecce, in the area called Salento (reported until recently also as Terra d'Otranto). Probably the name Monteroni comes from Latin ""Mons Tyronum"", meaning ""mount of the spear-men"" and hinting its origin as a training camp for the Roman legions. In fact originally the Romans apparently established a military stronghold on the hill nowadays called ""San Filii"". From this era of"
"Colma di Mombarone Colma di Mombarone (or simply ""Mombarone)"" is a mountain of the Biellese Alps, a sub-range of Pennine Alps, in northern Italy. It visually marks, along with Monte Gregorio on the opposite side, the entrance of Aosta Valley from the Po plain. On its top in 1900 was built a huge statue, still located there, of Jesus Christ. The name comes from Piedmontese language: ""Colma"" is a term used in the northern Piedmont and referring to a pass or a high place, while ""Mombarone"" is the italianisation of the piedmontese ""Monbaron"", where ""mon"" is for ""mount"" and ""baron"""
"Monte Meta Monte Meta (or simply La Meta) is a mountain of the Apennine Mountains, in central Italy. The mountain is part of the Monti della Meta range and lies in the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise. It includes a tripoint where the Italian regions of Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise meet; concerned comuni are Alfedena (AQ), Picinisco (FR) and Pizzone (IS). The tripoint is located on its western sub-summit, at 2185 m, which is also the highest point of Molise. More than ""Monte Meta"" (masculine) the mountain is usually called in the spoken language ""la Meta"" (feminine); it gives"
"Monti della Laga Monti della Laga is a mountain range in the central Apennines of Italy. Their ruggedness and inaccessibility makes them one of the lesser known areas of the Italian peninsula. The mountains run for a length of about between the Italian Regions of Abruzzo, Marche and Lazio. In doing so they border the Italian Provinces of Teramo, L'Aquila, Ascoli Piceno and Rieti. Monti della Laga is cut off from the Gran Sasso d'Italia mountain chain by the narrow Vomano Valley which itself leads to Passo delle Capannelle and the Lago di Campotosto (Lake of Campotosto). Within the Vomano"
"Monti Simbruini The Monti Simbruini are a mountain range in central Italy, a part of Apennines mountain system. The 'Simbruini' name derives from the Latin ""sub imbribus"" (""under the rain""). They are also popularly known as ""Rome's Alps"". The range runs along the border of the Lazio and Abruzzo regions. The range's highest peak is Monte Cotento, at in elevation. The Monti Simbruini border with the Monti Cantari and the Ciociaria ranges. The headwaters of the River Aniene are in the range. The Regional Park of the Monti Simbruini, which also includes the Monti Cantari range, was established in 1983."
"individuals in the mountain villages of Faeto and Celle di San Vito, in the Province of Foggia. The Arbëreshë dialect of the Albanian language has been spoken by a small community since refugees settled there in the 15thcentury. ""See also: "" (in Italian) Apulia Apulia ( ; ; ; ; ) is a region of Italy in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto to the south. Its southernmost portion, known as the Salento peninsula, forms a ""tacco"" or heel on the boot"
"Marmolada Marmolada (German: ""Marmolata"", Ladin: ""Marmoleda"") is a mountain in northeastern Italy and the highest mountain of the Dolomites (a section of the Alps). It lies between the borders of Trentino and Veneto. The mountain is located about 100 kilometres north-northwest of Venice, from which it can be seen on a clear day. It consists of a ridge running west to east. Towards the south it breaks suddenly into sheer cliffs, forming a rock face several kilometres long. On the north side there is a comparatively flat glacier, the only large glacier in the Dolomites (the Marmolada Glacier, ""Ghiacciaio della"
"Antelao Monte Antelao (Cadorino dialect: Nantelòu) is the highest mountain in the eastern Dolomites (a section of the Alps) in northeastern Italy, southeast of the town of Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the region of Cadore. It is known as the ""King of the Dolomites"". (Marmolada, the highest of all the Dolomites, is the ""Queen"".) Like many Dolomite peaks, Antelao is steep, rocky, and pointed; it also sits close to the edge of the Dolomite uplift and so has dramatic drops to the nearby valleys. The easiest route is from the north, known as the ""Laste"", a steep, narrow ridge. It involves"
"Tofana di Rozes Tofana di Rozes () is a mountain of the Dolomites in the Province of Belluno, Veneto, Italy. Located west of the resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, the mountain's giant three-edged pyramid shape and its vertical south face, above the Falzarego Pass, makes it the most popular peak in the Tofane group, and one of the most popular in the Dolomites. From May 1915 to July 1916, the mountain and its surroundings was the location of fierce fighting between Italian and German, later Austrio-Hungarian, troops, as part of the Italian front in World War I. Most climbs start from"
"of Italy largely corresponding to modern Salento. It was inhabited chiefly by the Messapii in classical times. Pokorny derives the toponym from the reconstructed PIE ""*medhyo-"", ""middle"" and PIE ""*ap-"", ""water"" (""Mess-apia"", ""amid waters""). Pokorny compares the toponym ""Messapia"" to another ancient Italic toponym, ""Salapia"", ""salt water"", a city in Apulia. Salento peninsula is composed of limestone, dividing the Adriatic Sea from the Ionian Sea. Known also as ""peninsula salentina"", from a geo-morphologic point of view it encompasses the land borders between Ionian and the Adriatic Seas, to the “Messapic threshold”, a depression that runs along the Taranto-Ostuni line and"
"instead of socks. Ciocia Ciocia or zampitto, plural ""ciocie"" or ""zampitti"", is an ancient and ethnic footwear of Latium, Abruzzo, Molise, located in central Italy. It can be found in the Balkans too, as the ""opanci"". The name probably comes from late Latin ""soccus"", meaning slipper. It has many other forms in some Italian dialects like ""chiochia"", ""chioca"", ""chiochiera"", ""ciocero"" or ""scioscio"" in Neapolitan language. The terms ""ciociari"" and ""Ciociaria"" have a lexical similarity to the noun ""ciocia"", so many historians thought they have their root word in local footwear's name, so ""ciociari"" would mean 'people who wear ""ciocie""<nowiki>'</nowiki>. Italian"
"Rocca delle Penne Rocca delle Penne is a 1501 metres high mountain in the Ligurian Prealps (part of the Ligurian Alps) in Italy. The mountain is located between the province of Imperia, in Liguria, and the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont. In the SOIUSA (""International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps"") it gives the name to the ""Dorsale della Rocca delle Penne"", a ridge starting from the main chain of the Alps at monte della Guardia which, heading south-east, divides the valleys Arroscia and Pennaviare/Neva. The mountain is divided by monte della Guardia by the Caprauna pass (1379 m) and"
"Col di Lana The Col di Lana is a mountain of the Fanes Group in the Italian Dolomites. The actual peak is called ""Cima Lana"" and situated in the municipality of Livinallongo del Col di Lana (German: ""Buchenstein"") in the Province of Belluno, Veneto region. During World War I the mountain, alongside the neighbouring Monte Sief, was the scene of heavy fighting between Austria-Hungary and Italy. It is now a memorial to the War in the Dolomites. During the years of 1915/16, Italian troops from 12 infantry and 14 Alpini companies repeatedly attempted to storm the peak, defended first by"