Mont Blanc
Also called “Monte Bianco” in Italian
language, it’s the highest mountain in
Europe (4’810 m – 15’781 ft),
situated between Italy And France.
Alpine Orogeny
• The Alpine Orogeny
occurred mainly
between 65 and 2.5
million years ago,
although it is still
active today.
World Heritage Site
• The Mont Blanc
massif has being put
forward as a
potential World
Heritage Site
because of its
uniqueness and its
cultural importance.
History
• The entire mountain
had formed part of
the Duchy of Savoy
and since 1723 of
the Kingdom of
Sardinia.
History
• After the Second
Italian
Independence War,
France obtained the
Savoy and a part of
the mountain.
Climbing
• The first recorded
ascent of Mont Blanc
was on 8 August 1786
by Jacques Balmat and
the doctor Michel
Paccard. The first
woman to reach the
summit was Marie
Paradis in 1808.
Security
• Every year the Mont
Blanc massif takes
many victims.There
are courses that require
knowledge of highaltitude
mountaineering, a
guide (or at least a
veteran mountaineer),
and proper equipment.
Landscape
• From the summit of
Mont Blanc on a clear
day, the Jura, the
Vosges, the Black
Forest and the Massif
Central mountain
ranges can be seen, as
well as the principal
summits of the Alps.