# Monte Lera

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**Monte Lera** is a mountain in the Alpi di Lanzo, a sub-group of the [Graian Alps](/source/Graian_Alps), with an elevation of 1,368 m. It is located between the [Val Casternone](/source/Val_Casternone) and the [Ceronda](/source/Ceronda) valley in the communes of [Val della Torre](/source/Val_della_Torre), [Varisella](/source/Varisella) and [Givoletto](/source/Givoletto).

It houses a sanctuary dedicated to the [Madonna of the Snow](/source/Madonna_of_the_Snow), included in a regional reserve instituted in 1984 to protect the rare *[Euphorbia gibelliana](/source/Euphorbia_gibelliana)*.

## SOIUSA classification

According to the [SOIUSA](/source/SOIUSA) (*International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps*) the mountain can be classified in the following way:[1]

- main part = [Western Alps](/source/Western_Alps)
- major sector = North Western Alps
- section = [Graian Alps](/source/Graian_Alps)
- subsection = Southern Graian Alps
- supergroup = catena Rocciamelone-Charbonel
- group = gruppo del Rocciamelone
- subgroup = cresta Lunella-Arpone
- [code](/source/SOIUSA_code) = I/B-7.I-A.2.b

## References

1. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). *Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA* (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. p. 134. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

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