Mountain Climber and Explorer
Guido Monzino was born on 2 March 1928 and died on 11 October 1988.
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Guido Monzino
Leading the first Italian expedition to climb Mount Everest in 1973.
Count Guido Monzino was a twentieth-century Italian mountain climber and explorer. He led the first Italian expedition to climb Mount Everest in 1973. He made Villa del Balbianello in Como his home and filled it with records and objects from his expeditions.
Worth knowing
Italian Expedition to Everest
In 1973, Monzino led the first Italian expedition to climb Mount Everest.
Villa del Balbianello
Monzino made Villa del Balbianello in Como his home and filled it with records and objects from his expeditions.
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Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Lived here
Villa del Balbianello
The explorer made the villa his home and filled it with records and objects from his expeditions.
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