Macugnaga
Sign in to saveMacugnaga (Walser German: ''Z'Makana'') is a mountain village and a comune at elevation, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the north of the Piedmont region of Italy. thumb|left|Valle Anzasca It is located at the base of Monte Rosa (), the second-tallest mountain in western Europe, along Valle Anzasca, one of the seven valleys around the mount.
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Macugnaga is a mountain village in northern Italy located at the base of Monte Rosa, Europe's second-tallest peak, in the Piedmont region. The village is notable for its position along Valle Anzasca, one of the seven valleys surrounding Monte Rosa, and for its Walser German heritage reflected in its local name Z'Makana.
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- Macugnaga
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Macugnaga
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- Macugnaga Borca.jpg
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- Italian comune.province
- (VB)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Borca, Pestarena, Fornarelli, Isella, Motta, Stabioli, Staffa (municipal seat)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Alessandro Bonacci
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 99.57
- Italian comune.population_total
- 532
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 1 January 2021
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- Macugnaghese(i)
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Macugnaga (Walser German: ''Z'Makana) is a mountain village and a comune at elevation, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the north of the Piedmont region of Italy. thumb|left|Valle Anzasca It is located at the base of Monte Rosa (), the second-tallest mountain in western Europe, along Valle Anzasca, one of the seven valleys around the mount.
Sights in the town include the Chiesa Vecchia (old church) and its linden also of the 13th century, the Chiesa Nuova (new church) built in 1707, the 17th century Casa Pala. The town also houses a museum of mountaineering, while in the hamlet of Borca is the Walser Museum, devoted to the local German population who colonised the valley during the Middle Ages coming from the Swiss canton Wallis. thumb|left|The parish church. The area gives many opportunities for skiing in winter (a cableway brings from the central square of the town to the 3000 m (9800 ft) of the Passo del Monte Moro on the border with Switzerland), and hiking and mountaineering in summer. There are a swimming pool, a tennis centre, and a football field for sport activities.