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Word: macugnaga (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...named to commemorate the feat of Achille Ratti and a fellow priest, Monsignor Luigi Grasselli, two of the most adventurous mountain climbers in Italian history, who first blazed the trail in 1890. Another monument to the Pope's Alpine enthusiasm: a stone tablet in a little church at Macugnaga, at the foot of Monte Rosa, celebrating the first conquest of its highest peak (15,217 ft.) from the Italian side-most daring of the 200 Alpine ascents made during his lifetime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lofty Memorials | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

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