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Date: 12/08/1943
On 12 August 1943, Vittorio Sella, a mountaineer and photographer renowned for his unforgettable photographs of the Karakorum, the Caucasus and Alaska, and for the first ascent of Mount Elias (5,489 m) with an expedition led by Luigi Amedeo of Savoy. A mountain hut in Valnontey, within the Gran Paradiso National Park, is named after him.