Ligurian Alps the Piedmontese side, and by several smaller rivers that flow directly to the Mediterranean Sea on the Ligurian and French side. The chief peak of the Western Ligurian Alps is Punta Marguareis (2,651 m), and there are several other summits over 2000 m, while in Eastern Ligurian Alps (also called "Ligurian Prealps") the maximum elevation is 1739 m (Monte Armetta). Some important passes in the Ligurian Alps are listed below. Around of the Ligurian side of the range since 2007 are part of the Parco naturale regionale delle Alpi Liguri. Ligurian Alps The Ligurian Alps are a mountain range in
Ligurian language (ancient) Ligurian language (ancient) The Ligurian language was spoken in pre-Roman times and into the Roman era by an ancient people of north-western Italy and south-eastern France known as the Ligures. Very little is known about it (mainly place names and personal names in modern Liguria remain), but it is generally believed to have been Indo-European; it appears to have shared many features with other Indo-European languages, primarily Celtic (Gaulish) and Italic (Latin and the Osco-Umbrian languages). Xavier Delamarre argues that Ligurian was a Celtic language, similar to, but not the same as Gaulish. His argument hinges on two points: firstly,