Cuneo

"Cúneo (Coni en piamontés) es la capital de la Provincia de Cúneo, Piamonte, Italia. La ciudad está habitada por 55.464 personas. Se localiza a los pies de los Alpes Marítimos en las cercanías del río Stura di Demonte. Se fundó en 1198."

"Cuneo (Italian: [kuneo] ; Piedmontese: Coni; French: Coni [kni]) is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy's provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in the south-west of Piedmont where is the confluence of the rivers Stura and Gesso. Including all bordering municipalities Beinette, Borgo San Dalmazzo, Boves, Busca, Caraglio, Castelletto Stura, Centallo, Cervasca, Morozzo, Peveragno, Tarantasca and Vignolo the population is 123,301 inhabitants. It is near six important mountain passes: * Colle della Maddalena at 1,996 metres (6,549 ft) * Colle di Tenda at 1,871 metres (6,138 ft) - Tunnel of Tenda at 1,300 metres (4,300 ft), 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long * Colle del Melogno at 1,027 metres (3,369 ft) * Colle San Bernardo at 957 metres (3,140 ft) * Colle di Nava at 934 metres (3,064 ft) * Colle di Cadibona at 459 metres (1,506 ft)."