Bisalta

The Bisalta also known as Besimauda is a 2,231 metres (7,320 ft) mountain in the Ligurian Alps located at the convergence of the two short valleys of the Colla and Josina streams and the Pesio valley. It affects the municipalities of Peveragno and Boves in the Province of Cuneo. It has two peaks (the main one 2,231 meters above sea level, the subpeak 2,018 meters above sea level), from which it derives its name ("bis alta", "twice high"). The main peak and the subpeak have a summit cross. Due to its location, the Bisalta is an exceptional panoramic point, allowing to see even the Ligurian Sea on particularly clear days. Sometimes Bisalta is instead understood to mean the entire mountain range that includes, in addition to the main mountain, Bric Costa Rossa (2,403 m) and the ridge reliefs that connect the two mountains. In the 19th century, the Bisalta was climbed by mountaineers such as Douglas Freshfield and W. A. B. Coolidge. During the Second World War, it became a base for Italian partisan groups (Boves massacre). In the 1950s Felice Ippolito carried out prospections in the search of uranium, and in July 1960 a lightning killed four people when it hit the summit cross during a religious ceremony.