Mount Cavallaria

Mount Cavallaria
Mount Cavallaria
	Mount Cavallaria, on the right, from Ivrea.
Highest point
Elevation	1,464 m (4,803 ft)
Coordinates	45°31′15″N 7°48′34″E / 45.520697°N 7.809469°E
Geography
	Mount Cavallaria Location within Alps
Location	Province of Turin, Italy

Mount Cavallaria (or simply Cavallaria; Italian: Monte Cavallaria) is a mountain of the Graian Alps, in northern Italy. It visually marks, along with Colma di Mombarone on the opposite side, the entrance of the Aosta Valley from the Po plain, forming one of landforms that define the Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre. Administratively, it lies entirely within the Piedmont region, in the municipality of Brosso.

Description

The mountain known for its quartz veins, which have been quarried since the 19th century. The Alpetta, Piani, Rio Freddo, and Frent quarries have yielded exceptionally high-purity quartz, used both for industrial applications and by mineral collectors.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:

main part = Western Alps
major sector = North Western Alps
section = Graian Alps
subsection = Alpi del Gran Paradiso
supergroup = Gruppo della Rosa dei Banchi
group = Costiera del Monte Marzo

References

↑ "Cavallaria (Monte) da Brosso, anello per il Colle Pian dei Muli". Gulliver (in Italian). 31 October 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
↑ Barresi, Antonello (2006). "Monte Cavallaria. I minerali delle cave di quarzo "Alpetta, Piani e Rio Freddo"". Rivista Mineralogica Italiana (in Italian). 30 (1). Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo: 76–97.

[Gulliver-1] "Cavallaria (Monte) da Brosso, anello per il Colle Pian dei Muli". Gulliver (in Italian). 31 October 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2026.

[Barresi-2] Barresi, Antonello (2006). "Monte Cavallaria. I minerali delle cave di quarzo "Alpetta, Piani e Rio Freddo"". Rivista Mineralogica Italiana (in Italian). 30 (1). Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo: 76–97.