Monte Poggio, Mountain summit in Piedmont, Italy

Monte Poggio is a 1,081 m peak in the Parco Regionale delle Capanne di Marcarolo, province of Alessandria, Piedmont. Its broad pyramidal mass, mainly grassy, rises in isolation above the left side of the Gorzente valley and its lakes, with peridotite rock outcrops. On the summit stand some ruins, a summit cross and a concrete marker; the topographic prominence is 258 m.

Monte Poggio lies in the Parco Regionale delle Capanne di Marcarolo, in the province of Alessandria, and its summit holds the remains of ruins, beside which stand a summit cross and a concrete marker stone. The mountain's topographic prominence is 258 metres, and its slopes are largely peridotite rock, which outcrops at various points on the broad grassy cone.

The summit holds ruins, a summit cross and a concrete marker; the mountain's name, Poggio, is the common Italian word for a rounded hill, fitting its broad grassy pyramid above the Gorzente valley. The peak lies within the Parco Regionale delle Capanne di Marcarolo.

The shortest route starts from a marked trail off provincial road 167 near case Poggio; another path leaves from Capanne Superiori, by the chapel of N.S. Assunta on the same road. The summit holds ruins, a summit cross and a concrete marker. On clear days the view reaches the Gorzente lakes, Monte Tobbio and Monte Figne, and even Corsica, Monviso and Monte Rosa.

On clear days the summit view reaches Corsica and the Alpine arc, with the profiles of Monviso and Monte Rosa standing out. The top also holds the ruins of a small building, a summit cross and a concrete marker.