Monte Nudo

The Pizzo di Cuvignone is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy, with an elevation of 1,018 metres (3,340 ft). It is located in the Varese Prealps, in the Province of Varese, near the Cuvignone Pass which links the Valtravaglia to the Valcuvia.It is mostly composed of limestone and covered in woods of oak, ash, beech and birch. The peak can be reached by hiking paths from the pass or from Caldè, on Lake Maggiore. A mountain hut operated by the Italian Alpine Club, Rifugio De Grandi Adamoli, is located a short distance from the peak.

Brenta is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Milan and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Varese. Brenta borders the following municipalities: Azzio, Casalzuigno, Castelveccana, Cittiglio, Gemonio.

Villa Della Porta Bozzolo is a villa located at Casalzuigno in the province of Varese, northern Italy. It was donated by the heirs of the Italian senator and pathologist Camillo Bozzolo to the Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano—the National Trust of Italy—who now manage it.

Arcumeggia (Arcümégia in local dialect) is a fraction of the municipality of Casalzuigno in the province of Varese, in Italy.

Cittiglio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Milan and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,817 and an area of 11.5 square kilometres (4.4 sq mi). The town is known as the birthplace of Alfredo Binda, a world-class bicycle racer in the 1920s and 1930s. Cittiglio borders the following municipalities: Brenta, Caravate, Castelveccana, Gemonio, Laveno-Mombello. The elite women's professional road bicycle racing event Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio is held annually here.

Caldè railway station (Italian: Stazione di Caldè) is a railway station in the comune of Castelveccana, in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Luino–Milan and Luino–Oleggio lines of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.

Porto Valtravaglia railway station (Italian: Stazione di Porto Valtravaglia) is a railway station in the comune of Porto Valtravaglia, in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Luino–Milan and Luino–Oleggio lines of Rete Ferroviaria Italiana.

Gemonio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Lombardy region of Italy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Milan and about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,702 and an area of 3.7 square kilometres (1.4 sq mi).Gemonio borders the following municipalities: Azzio, Besozzo, Brenta, Caravate, Cittiglio, Cocquio-Trevisago. In Gemonio lives Umberto Bossi, an Italian politician.

Monte Pian Nave is a mountain located in Lombardy, Italy. It has an elevation of 1,058 metres (3,471 ft) above sea level. It is part of the Varese Prealps subgroup of the Lugano Prealps.

Azzio (Lombard: Asc) is a town and comune located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.

Porto Valtravaglia is a comune (municipality) of c. 2,400 inhabitants in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Milan and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Varese. Porto Valtravaglia borders the following municipalities: Brezzo di Bedero, Brissago-Valtravaglia, Casalzuigno, Castelveccana, Duno, Ghiffa and Oggebbio. Dario Fo, Nobel Prize in literature of 1997, spent his childhood and adolescence here, and the little village played a central role in the development of his artistic specificity and production. In fact, it was the mix of people from different countries, working at the local, renowned blown glass factory and speaking an array of languages, that inspired the creation by Fo of the Grammelot, an original new idiom mixing a number of regional dialects. Listening to the stories told by the inhabitants of the village, typically fishermen, peasants, glass blowers and smugglers, then, introduced and trained him to the art of storytelling, of which he was a great representative. Eventually, it was again the local population, often busy with nightly jobs, who inspired one of his novels, "Il paese dei Mezarat" (the village of the bats).

Duno is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Milan and about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Varese. Duno borders the following municipalities: Brissago-Valtravaglia, Casalzuigno, Cassano Valcuvia, Cuveglio, Mesenzana, Porto Valtravaglia.