Ossola is an area of Italy situated North of the Lago Maggiore. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Lake Maggiore (in Italian: Lago Maggiore or Verbano) is the most westerly of the three large prealpine lakes of Italy and the second It is part of the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province. Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (Italian Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola) is the northernmost province in the Italian region of Piedmont
It is composed of one main valley (the Ossola proper) and seven side valleys: Anzasca, Antrona, Bognanco, Divedro, Antigorio-Formazza, Isorno e Vigezzo. In addition, it also comprises the Val Grande, which is a National Park.
There are many ethymological claims as to the origins of the name Ossola. The most likely is from the Celtic "hoch hill", which means "high lands". The German name for the valley is "Eschental" or "valley of the ash trees".
In 1944, with the Allied forces nearby, the partisan resistance in Italy staged an uprising behind German lines, led by the Committee of National Liberation of Upper Italy. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Italian Resistance movement was a partisan force during World War II. This rebellion led to the establishment of a number of provisional partisan governments throughout northern Italy, of which the republic of Ossola was the most important. It received recognition from Switzerland and from Allied consulates in Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Within a few months German reinforcements had crushed the uprising, and the area's liberation had to wait until the final offensives of 1945. One of the main centers of the Ossola area is Domodossola. Domodossola is a city in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, Italy, earlier known as Oscela, Oscella Oscella dei
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