Piedmont
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After Sicily, Piedmont (Piemonte in Italian) is Italy’s second largest region, mostly mountainous and surrounded on three sides by the Alps. On the northern slopes of Monviso, the highest point in the Cottian Alps, the river Po rises, and then flows east across northern Italy and into the Adriatic sea near Venice. The fertile lowland plains of Piedmont provide the region with a substantial agricultural economy. The region shares international borders with France and Switzerland. The Provinces in Piedmont are: Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Turin, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and Vercelli.