Rancio Valcuvia

Castello Cabiaglio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 548 and an area of 7.1 square kilometres (2.7 sq mi).Castello Cabiaglio borders the following municipalities: Barasso, Brinzio, Comerio, Cuveglio, Cuvio, Luvinate, Rancio Valcuvia, Varese.

Masciago Primo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 12 km northwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 289 and an area of 1.9 km².The municipality of Masciago Primo contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Località Mondada and Località Muniscione. Masciago Primo borders the following municipalities: Bedero Valcuvia, Cunardo, Ferrera di Varese, Rancio Valcuvia.

Brinzio 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 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 862 and an area of 6.4 square kilometres (2.5 sq mi).Brinzio borders the following municipalities: Bedero Valcuvia, Castello Cabiaglio, Induno Olona, Rancio Valcuvia, Valganna, Varese.

The Campo dei Fiori Regional Park (Italian: Parco regionale Campo dei Fiori) is a nature reserve in Lombardy, Italy. Established in 1984 and enlarged in 2009, it comprises the Campo dei Fiori and Martica massifs in the Varese Prealps, between the Valganna, the Valcuvia and the city of Varese.The park, which covers the territory of fourteen municipalities (all in the province of Varese), includes the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Sacro Monte di Varese and the Site of Community Importance of the Campo dei Fiori caves (all told, 130 caves are found inside the park, with an overall extension of 30 kilometres). Also part of the park are six natural reserves: Lake Ganna, Lake Brinzio, Campo dei Fiori, Martica-Chiusarella, and the bogs of Carecc and Pau Majur. The park's lowest point is 370 metres above sea level, the highest is the Punta di Mezzo of the Campo di Fiori, 1,227 metres above sea level.The flora includes chestnuts, ashes, lindens, sycamores, beeches, birches, Scotch pines, and maples; fifteen trees have been designated as "green monuments" due to their size and age. The fauna includes red deer, roe deer, wild boars, foxes, hares, beech martens, European badgers, European fat dormouses, European polecats, red squirrels, black kites, European honey buzzards, common buzzards, Eurasian sparrowhawks, Eurasian goshawks, peregrine falcons, short-toed snake eagles, and Western marsh harriers.The park is crossed by twenty main marked hiking paths as well as a number of unmarked secondary paths.

Cassano Valcuvia 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. Cassano Valcuvia borders the following municipalities: Cuveglio, Duno, Ferrera di Varese, Grantola, Mesenzana, Rancio Valcuvia. The Italian tenor Aldo Bertocci lived in the town from 1974 until his death in 2004.

Cuvio (Western Lombard: Cüj) 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 12 kilometres (7 mi) northwest of Varese. Cuvio borders the following municipalities: Azzio, Barasso, Casalzuigno, Castello Cabiaglio, Cocquio-Trevisago, Comerio, Cuveglio, Gavirate, Orino.

Cuveglio (Cüéi in lombard)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 12 kilometres (7 mi) northwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,228 and an area of 7.7 square kilometres (3.0 sq mi).The municipality of Cuveglio contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Vergobbio, Cavona, and Canonica di Cuveglio. Cuveglio borders the following municipalities: Casalzuigno, Cassano Valcuvia, Castello Cabiaglio, Cuvio, Duno, Rancio Valcuvia.

Monte San Martino is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy, with an elevation of 1,087 metres (3,566 ft). It is located in the Varese Prealps, in the Province of Varese, overlooking the Valcuvia.The mountain was fortified during the First World War, when trenches, observation posts, shelters, galleries and artillery batteries were built as part of the Cadorna Line, aimed at preventing an invasion from Switzerland. During the Second World War, in November 1943, Monte San Martino was the location of one of the first clashes between Italian partisans, led by Colonel Carlo Croce, and German and Fascist forces.The peak, where a small church (San Martino in Culmine) is located, can be reached by car from Duno, or through paths that allow hikers to visit the restored remains of the Cadorna Line.

Ferrera di Varese 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. Ferrera di Varese borders the following municipalities: Cassano Valcuvia, Cunardo, Grantola, Masciago Primo, Rancio Valcuvia.

Bedero Valcuvia is a town and comune located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, in the Valcuvia valley.

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.

Campo dei Fiori di Varese is a mountain located in the northern part of Varese, Lombardy, Italy. It has an elevation of 1,227 metres (4,026 ft). Overlooking the city of Varese and the homonymous lake, the Campo dei Fiori consists of a massif with several peaks, from west to east: Monte Morto, 724 metres (2,375 ft) Prà Camarée, 774 metres (2,539 ft) Punta di Orino, 1,139 metres (3,737 ft), where an old artillery battery known as Forte di Orino is located Punta Merigetto, 1,164 metres (3,819 ft) Punta di Mezzo, 1,227 metres (4,026 ft), the highest peak Punta Paradiso, 1,226 metres (4,022 ft), where a citadel of science and astronomical observatory named after Giovanni Schiaparelli are located Monte Tre Croci, 1,111 metres (3,645 ft) Monte Tre Crocette, 1,033 metres (3,389 ft), where the abandoned Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori is located Monte San Francesco, 794 metres (2,605 ft), where the remains of an ancient convent are located Sacro Monte di Varese, 880 metres (2,890 ft), on top of which lie the hamlet of Santa Maria del Monte and the homonymous sanctuary Monte Pizzelle, 940 metres (3,080 ft) Monte Legnone, 865 metres (2,838 ft)The Sacro Monte of Varese, built on one of the minor peaks of the Campo dei Fiori, is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On the eastern side of the mountain, facing Varese, sits the now-vacant Grand Hotel Campo Dei Fiori. The Art Nouveau-style hotel was designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga and opened in 1910, but subsequently closed in 1968.Between the end of October and the first week of November 2017, the park was the subject of arson that burned down around 60 acres of woodland. In October 2020, the pine forests near the top of the mountain suffered extensive damage as a result of Storm Alex. The Vellone–Sacro Monte funicular links the Vellone valley to Santa Maria del Monte; a second funicular, linking the same valley to the former Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori, has been abandoned since 1953. The massif is protected by the Campo dei Fiori Regional Park, established in 1984, which is adjacent to the Cinque Vette Park.