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Pragelato (also ''Pragelà''〔) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, in the upper Val Chisone. The name ''Pragelato'', meaning "icy meadow", has been derived from the harsh climate and the fact that the ground is covered with ice for long periods.〔('Pragelato' ) in ''Dizionario topografico dei comuni compresi entro i confini naturali dell'Italia'', ed. by Attilio Zuccagni-Orlandini (Florence: Società Editrice di Patrii Documenti Storico-Statistici, 1864).〕〔(''Dizionario geografico, storico, statistico, commerciale degli stati di S.M. il re di Sardegna'' ), ed. by Goffredo Casalis, 28 vols (Turin: G. Maspero, 1833–56) XV (1847), 707–709.〕 On both sides of the Chisone, extensive forests of pine and larch provide protection from the avalanches which are a common occurrence in the winter season: for this reason in the nineteenth century the people of Pragelato were only permitted to fell trees close to the mountain summits, and even then only with the permission of the communal administration.〔 Pragelato borders the following municipalities: Exilles, Oulx, Salbertrand, Usseaux, Fenestrelle, Sauze d'Oulx, Massello, Sestriere, Sauze di Cesana, Salza di Pinerolo, Prali. ==History== Pragelato was part of the Escartons Republic, a semi-independent French state which lasted from 1343 to 1713. After the Treaty of Utrecht of the latter, it became a possession of the House of Savoy. In 1747 the Assietta Hill, nearby the village, was the seat of the eponymous battle. During the 19th and 20th century, much of the population emigrated to France. Pragelato was the site of three sports hosted during the 2006 Winter Olympics. Its ski jump hosted the ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined events of the 2006 Winter Olympics.〔(2006 Winter Olympics official report. ) Volume 3. pp. 70-1.〕 The flat part of the venue hosted the cross-country skiing and cross country skiing part of the Nordic combined events for those same games.〔(2006 Winter Olympics official report. ) Volume 3. pp. 72-3.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pragelato」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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