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Monte Freidour

Monte Freidour
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Southern side.
Highest point
Elevation 1,445 m (4,741 ft)
Coordinates 44°58′22.85″N 7°18′13.49″E / 44.9730139°N 7.3037472°E / 44.9730139; 7.3037472Coordinates: 44°58′22.85″N 7°18′13.49″E / 44.9730139°N 7.3037472°E / 44.9730139; 7.3037472
Geography
Monte Freidour is located in Italy
Monte Freidour
Monte Freidour
Location in Italy
Location Piedmont, Italy
Parent range Cottian Alps

Monte Freidour is peak in the Cottian Alps, Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It has an elevation of 1,445 metres (4,741 ft) and is composed of gneiss cliffs overlooking the town of Cumiana.

At the top of the mount is a monument celebrating the 8 members of the crew (F/Sgt. C.W. Lawton (Australian), Sgt.s T.D. Fotheringham, E.H.A. Clift, G. Tennison, D.W. Bishop, D.R. Wellon, S.E. Lockton and J. Bucks) of a British Liberator bomber that crashed here on 14 October 1944, during a mission in support of Italian partisans. The peak can also be reached from Talucco, a frazione of Pinerolo, and from Cantalupa or Giaveno. The Monte Tre Denti is located nearby.




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