Territòrio
From the Treccani dictionary
territòrio s. m. [from Latin territorium, der. of terra]. - 1. a. Region or geographical area, portion of land or terrain of a certain extent: a large t.; a strip of t.; the t. mountainous, coastal. In particular, an extension of a country within the boundaries of a state or otherwise constituting a jurisdictional, administrative unit.
We are in the extreme north of Italy, in a peninsular corner surrounded by the Alps Lepontine and the Alps Pennine, amidst landscapes dominated by coniferous and deciduous forests. The Ossola seems to be shaped by the Toce River and its 143-metre drop, one of the highest waterfalls in Europe, which flows into Lake Maggiore via Domodossola. The border region of the Ossola Valley is a combination of sculptures designed by man and nature: it is home to the Val Grande National Park, the Alta Valle Antrona Nature Park and the Veglia-Devero Nature Park, as well as the Sacro Monte Calvario Nature Reserve, one of the nine UNESCO-protected sites in northern Italy. There is no lack of architectural gems, including stone houses, cobbled streets that seem suspended in time and roofs made of beola, a characteristic rock.