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Monte Beigua (also in Ligurian: Monte Peigoa) is a mountain in the Ligurian Apennines in Liguria, northern Italy, between the two communes of Varazze and Sassello.

Monte Beigua
The peak of Mount Beigua
Highest point
Elevation	1,287 m (4,222 ft)[1]
Prominence	815[1][2]
Isolation	35.58 km (22.11 mi)
Coordinates	44°26′00″N 08°33′55″E
Geography
Monte Beigua Liguria, Italy
Parent range	Ligurian Apennines
Climbing
First ascent	ancestral

Geography

The mountain, at 1,287 m, is the highest peak in the so-called Gruppo del Beigua including Monte Grosso (1,265 m), Monte Ermetta (1,267 m) and Bric Veciri (1,263). The upper part of the mount houses transmission antennas used by RAI (Italian state television) and other private networks.

History

It has been hypothized that it was a sacred mountain to the Liguri tribe living here in pre-Roman times, together with the Mont Bégo and Monte Sagro. It has been identified as a Neolithic source of jadeite.[3]

Nature conservation

It is included in the eponymous Regional Park.[4]

References

External links

• Monte Beigua^{[permanent dead link]} peak webcam

Media related to Monte Beigua at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[de] Monte Beigua

Der Monte Beigua ist ein Berg des Ligurischen Apennin in Italien. Der 1286 Meter hohe Bergkamm trennt die ligurische Küste von der Po-Ebene. Der Gipfel des Berges ist der höchste der sogenannten Beigua-Berggruppe, zu der der nahe gelegene Monte Grosso (1265 Meter), der Monte Ermetta (1267 Meter) und der Bric Veciri (1263 Meter) gehören.

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- [en] Monte Beigua

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[it] Monte Beigua

Il monte Beigua (munte Beigua o monte Beigoa in ligure) è un rilievo montuoso dell'Appennino ligure alto 1287 m s.l.m., che sorge sullo spartiacque ligure-padano. È la cima più alta del cosiddetto "gruppo del Beigua", di cui fanno parte i vicini monte Grosso (1265 m), monte Ermetta (1267 m), il bric Veciri (1264 m), il monte Avzè (1022 m).

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