Rocca dei Tre Vescovi
# Rocca dei Tre Vescovi

Rocca dei Tre Vescovi (French: Rocher des Trois Évêques) is a mountain in the Maritime Alps, on the boundary between the province of Cuneo (Piedmont, northern Italy) and the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur.

## Geography

Located near the Maddalena Pass, it is joined to the nearby Enciastraia peak by a ridge. The name, meaning "Rock of the Three Bishops", derives from the fact that the mount is on the intersection point of three Catholic dioceses, those of Cuneo, Nice and Digne.

### SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:

* main part = Western Alps
* major sector = South Western Alps
* section = Maritime Alps
* subsection = (Fr:Alpes Maritimes d.l.s.l./It:Alpi Marittime)
* supergroup = (Fr:Chaîne Corborant-Ténibre-Enchastraye/It:Catena Corborant-Tenibres-Enciastraia)
* group = (Fr:Massif Enchastraye-Siguret/It:Gruppo Enciastraia-Siguret)
* subgroup = (Fr:Groupe de l'Enchastraye/It:Gruppo dell'Enciastraia)
* code = I/A-2.1-C.12.a
