Lombardia Map Political Regions

Lombardia Map Political Regions

Lombardy borders Switzerland to the north and west is bounded by Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto and Emilia-Romagna to the east to the south. The regional capital is Milan and the provinces are Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milan, Monza, Pavia, Sondrio, Varese.
The Lombardy region of Italy is the fourth area, after Sicily, Piedmont and Sardinia, and has a relatively simple morphological structure. The northern part, with 40% consists of mountains, including the central section of the Alps (Alpine Lepontine and Rhaetian), culminating in the Bernina massif (4050 m), bordering with Switzerland Adamello (3,554 m.) and the border with Trentino-Alto Adige the Ortler Alps (3899 m). Followed by the Alps in the south central part of the Alps and, farther south, the hills of Brianza, the Varese etc. .. With more than 47% of the territory, the remaining southern half of the region is flat and extends in the central part of the Po Valley with the exception of the south-west, ie the Oltrepò Pavese, where they push the reliefs of the Emilia, which in Lombardy touch 1724 m. with the peak of Mount Lesima.
The Alps of Lombardy, less harsh than those of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta are crossed, starting from the Valtellina and Valcamonica by wide valleys. Almost all of these valleys are traversed by some of the left tributaries of the Po and lead to crossings, although they are at high altitudes, quite easily. One of the steps is the most important international Spluga (2118 m) on the border with Switzerland, then do not remember off the Maloja Pass (1815 m) and Bernina (2323 m), which are found instead in Switzerland. Among the national border crossings, the main ones are the Stelvio (2759 m) and Tonale (1883 m), which connect the Lombardy Trentino-Alto Adige. These crossings have always been of great importance in the development of the region, because they have facilitated communications, both regional and international.