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Cervinia, in the province
of Aosta 2050 m ) is a modern tourist
resort of the Alpi Pennine.
It lies in
an ample and beautiful basin at the head of the Valtournanche, enclosed at the
bottom by the magnificent pyramid of Cervino
defined as “the noblest cliff in Europe", west of the austere rocky range
of the Grandes Murailles, and east
of the high peaks of Furggen, Testa
Grigia and Gobba di Rollin.