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Courmayeur and the Mont Blanc. At an elevation of 1,224 m (4,016 ft) above sea level, it is located at the foot of the southern side of Mont Blanc, at 4,810 m (15,781 ft) the highest point in the Alps and western Europe (see Seven Summits), and is crossed by the Dora Baltea (fr. Doire baltée) river.
Mont Blanc de Courmayeur (French: [mɔ̃ blɑ̃ də kuʁmajœʁ]; Italian: Monte Bianco di Courmayeur) is a point (4,748 m (15,577 ft)) on the south-east ridge of Mont Blanc that forms the peak of the massive south-east face of the mountain.
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In 1781, a man from Courmayeur, Jean-Michel Truchet, proposed to the priest Jean-Martin Dondeynaz to build a chapel where the statue stood. This project was approved by Aosta's Bishop Pierre-François de Sales, and the building process began in 1782. [2] The chapel was demolished by the Brenva Glacier in 1800, and immediately rebuilt. In the ...
The garden is situated on a high ridge south of Mont Blanc, and contains a rockery, alpine pasture, talus slopes, and wetlands.Snow covers the area for 8 to 9 months per year, to a depth of 3–4 metres, disappearing in late June.
People born, bred or based in the city of Courmayeur in north-west Italy. Pages in category "People from Courmayeur" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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The Vallée Blanche Cable Car (Italian: Funivia dei Ghiacciai; French: Télécabine Panoramic Mont-Blanc, previously Télécabine de la Vallée Blanche) is a passenger cable car linking a mountain peak above Courmayeur to a peak above Chamonix by passing over the Mont Blanc massif, in the Alps.