Courmayeur
2020
Courmayeur is an Alpine town in northwestern Italy at the foot of Mont Blanc. It is known for its SkyWay Mont Blanc cable car, which offers views of the peaks of Mount Matterhorn and Monte Rosa. The Saussurea Alpine Botanical Garden is home to medicinal plants and high-altitude plants, as well as an example of alpine pasture. In the village, the Duke of Abruzzi Alpine Museum documents the history of mountain guides with photos and climbing gear.
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Aosta. Arch of Augustus
It was built in 25 BC. on the occasion of the Roman victory over the Salassi by Aulo Terenzio Varrone Murena. It is on the axis with the decumanus maximus, not far from the Bourg Saint-Ours (district of the Collegiate Church of Sant'Orso) and from the eastern entrance of the city walls (the Porta Prætoria).
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Aosta. The Cathedral
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and San Giovanni Battista (in French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption et Saint-Jean Baptiste) is the main place of worship in the city of Aosta, the bishop's seat of the diocese of the same name; it constitutes, together with the Collegiate Church of Sant'Orso, the most important testimony of the history of sacred art in the Aosta Valley. Its ultra-millennial history must be reconstructed through the multiplicity of interventions that have followed one another and the architectural languages used, in addition to the artistic testimonies that it preserves.
2020
Mont Blanc Massif
The Mont Blanc Massif is a mountainous massif belonging to the Mont Blanc Alps (Alpi Graie) which affects the Aosta Valley (Italy) and Haute Savoie (France) and which includes the summit of Mont Blanc and numerous other peaks. The definition of "Mont Blanc Massif" is not always consistent between the various Alpine classifications. They range from a broader definition, which coincides with the definition of the Mont Blanc Alps, to a more restrictive one. Following the SOIUSA, which adopts a more restrictive choice, the Mont Blanc massif is defined as the part of the Mont Blanc Alps deprived of the Trélatête Massif to the south-west and the Dolent-Argentière-Trient Massif to the north-east. With this definition, the massif goes from Col de Miage (3,356 m) to Colle del Monte Dolent (3,485 m).
2020
Aosta. The Stone Bridge
The stone bridge (in French, pont de pierre) is a Roman monument of the city of Aosta, located about one hundred and fifty meters east of the Arch of Augustus. It was built at the time of the foundation of the Roman city of Augusta Praetoria to allow the passage from one bank to the other of the Buthier stream.
2020
The wonderful Arpy Lake
Not too far from Colle San Carlo, and more precisely in the Arpy valley within the municipal area of Morgex (Aosta), is the wonderful Lake Arpy, a glacial water mirror set in a beautiful alpine setting. Starting from Colle San Carlo which is located just 6 kilometers from La Thuile, Lake Arpy can be reached via a path that crosses the woods in just 45 minutes. Here, at 2,066 meters above sea level, in a splendid basin enclosed between Mount Charvel and Becca Poignenta to the left of Mount Colmet, is this fascinating body of water. The lake is fed by the emissary of the Pietra Rossa lake. Walking around the lake you can admire the spectacle offered by the Grandes Jorasses, peaks that are part of the Mont Blanc chain. On its right you can instead see the Monte della Croce from whose top, among other things, you can enjoy a beautiful view of La Thuile.
2020
La Thuile. (Aosta). Dora river of Verney
The Dora di Verney (Doire du Verney in French) is a stream that flows into the Vallone di La Thuile, in the Aosta Valley, a right tributary of the Dora Baltea. La Dora di Verney was born at the head of the Breuil Valley, near the Piccolo San Bernardo pass. After receiving the contribution of some minor streams and of Lake Verney, within the town of La Thuile it receives the waters of the Dora di Rutor, thus forming the Dora di La Thuile, which descends towards Pré-Saint-Didier to throw in the Dora Baltea. The Dora di La Thuile basin at the confluence of Dora di Verney and Rutor includes the glacial surfaces and the snowfields of Rutor, Vallone di Breuil, Chavannes and Orgères and also receives the waters of the Rutor and Bellecombe (2378 m) and Lake Verney (2088 m), among the largest natural lakes in the Aosta Valley.
2020
Dora river of Verney
The Dora di Verney (Doire du Verney in French) is a stream that flows into the Vallone di La Thuile, in the Aosta Valley, a right tributary of the Dora Baltea. La Dora di Verney was born at the head of the Breuil Valley, near the Piccolo San Bernardo pass. After receiving the contribution of some minor streams and of Lake Verney, within the town of La Thuile it receives the waters of the Dora di Rutor, thus forming the Dora di La Thuile, which descends towards Pré-Saint-Didier to throw in the Dora Baltea. The Dora di La Thuile basin at the confluence of Dora di Verney and Rutor includes the glacial surfaces and the snowfields of Rutor, Vallone di Breuil, Chavannes and Orgères and also receives the waters of the Rutor and Bellecombe (2378 m) and Lake Verney (2088 m), among the largest natural lakes in the Aosta Valley.
2020
Aosta. Collegiate Church of the SS. Pietro and Orso
The collegiate church of Santi Pietro e Orso (in French, Collégiale des Saints Pierre et Ours) is a religious building in Aosta, in northern Italy. Together with the Cathedral of Aosta, it constitutes the most important testimony of the history of sacred art in the Aosta Valley. Of particular interest are the ancient Ottonian frescoes preserved between the roof and the cover of the central nave, and the cloister with its medieval capitals.
2020
Aosta. The Porta Pretoria
The Porta Pretoria or Porta pretoriana (in Latin Porta Prætoria, in French, Porte (s) prétorienne (s)) is the eastern gateway to the Roman city of Augusta Prætoria Salassorum (today Aosta)
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