{{short description|Mountain in Italy}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Monte Matto | image = Monte Matto Cima Centrale.JPG | image_caption = The central peak of Monte Matto | elevation_m = 3097 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 597 | prominence_ref = <ref name="peakbagger">{{cite web|url = http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=35331|title = Monte Matto - peakbagger|publisher = peakbagger. com|accessdate = 23 February 2016|archive-date = 4 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304012540/http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=35331|url-status = live}}</ref> | listing = Alpine mountains above 3000 m | location = Piedmont, Italy | range = Maritime Alps | map = Alps | map_caption = Location in the Italian Alps | coordinates = {{coord|44|13|28|N|7|15|11|E|type:mountain_region:IT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | range_coordinates = | topo = | first_ascent = 14 August 1879 by William Auguste Coolidge }}
'''Monte Matto''' is a {{convert|3,097|m|ft|adj=mid|-high|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain in Piedmont, in the province of Cuneo, Italy. It is part of the Maritime Alps, dividing the Meris valley from the Gesso della Valletta valley.
The mountain peak, consisting of a ridge of four aligned summits, can be seen from most of the plains near Cuneo. The ridge is composed of two different rock formations, one made up of granitoid gneiss, the other of mixed gneiss and different kinds of migmatite. The four peaks are (from east to west) cima Est (3,088 m), cima Centrale (3,097 m), cima Bobba (3,079 m) and cima Verani (3,020 m).
The mountain is clearly visible from the plains around Cuneo as a triangular shape with a peculiar tiny "tooth" (which corresponds to cima Centrale, i.e. the central summit). It is part of the natural park ''Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime''. The fauna includes marmot, chamois and, at higher altitudes, the alpine ibex.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Monte_Matto.jpg|The four summits of Monte Matto (southern face) File:Monte_Matto_2.jpg|Monte Matto from east File:Monte_Matto_3.jpg|Monte Matto from Cuneo (the "tooth" is visible) </gallery>
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==External links== * [http://www.alpimarittime.marsilio.org/monte_matto.htm Image gallery of Monte Matto]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matto}} Category:Mountains of Piedmont Category:Mountains of the Alps Category:Alpine three-thousanders Category:Province of Cuneo