- Prato Nevoso
Prato Nevoso (or Pratonevoso) is a ski and holiday resort in northern
Italy . It is located at 1480 m above sea level, in theprovince of Cuneo ,Piedmont , within the municipal boundaries of the "comune "ofFrabosa Sottana , of which it is a "frazione ", some four kilometres south of its centre.History
Prato Nevoso's history as a resort dates back to the early 1960s, when a group of
Liguria n entrepreneurs decided to create a resort easily accessible fromGenoa andTurin .The fast work of building and the low initial costs of the flats promoted spurred tourism, as well as the presence of the A6 Turin-
Savona motorway (enlarged during the 1990s). The fast building did not follow any principle of organic urban program, and buildings were born in the complete architectural anarchy.Giro d'Italia
As well as winter sports, the resort is popular with cyclists and has been the finish of two stages of the
Giro d'Italia :Tour de France
On
July 20 2008 , the town served as the finish line for a stage in the2008 Tour de France . The finish is rated First Category with a 11.4 km climb at an average of 6.9%. [cite web| first=| last=| author= | url= http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/1500/etape_par_etape.html | title=Stage 15 route map and profile | publisher=www.letour.fr| date= | accessdate=2008-07-14]Tour de France stage finishes
References
External links
* [http://mrambaul.club.fr/villes_etapes/villes_p/prato_nevoso.htm Prato Nevoso dans le Tour de France fr]
* [http://www.pratonevoso.com/ Resort website it]
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