Places to see in ( Aosta - Italy )
Places to see in ( Aosta - Italy )
Aosta is the capital of the Valle d’Aosta region, in northwestern Italy. It’s near ski resorts and the Gran Paradiso National Park, which has an alpine botanical garden, trails and wildlife like ibexes and eagles. Remnants of Aosta’s Roman past include the Arch of Augustus and the Praetorian Gate, once the city’s main entrance. In the Sant’Orso complex are a Romanesque cloister and a priory with a frescoed chapel.
Jagged Alpine peaks rise like marble cathedrals above the regional capital Aosta, a once-important Roman settlement that retains a charming historic centre, while also sprawling rather untidily across the valley floor. Bounced around between Burgundy (France) and Savoy (Italy) in the Middle Ages, the modern town remains bilingual, with a Valdostan culture that can be heard in its musical local dialect and simple but hearty cuisine.
Aosta is an old Roman town at 583m above sea level, and the largest in the region with a population of 35,000. Full of things to see and do, it’s surrounded by magnificent mountains, including the Grand Combin and the Mont Vélan to the north, Emilius and the Becca di Nona to the south, and the Testa del Rutor to the west.
Located in the centre of the Aosta Valley, the town was founded by the Romans in 25 BC at a geographical point where the physiographic catchment of the Dora Baltea reaches its maximum width, and where the main roads heading to France and Switzerland converge. The presence of the Piccolo and Gran San Bernardo Alpine hills makes Aosta an important strategic junction from a transport point of view (nowadays thanks to the Mont Blanc and Gran San Bernardo Tunnels).
Rich in monuments from pre-historical, Roman, medieval and later times, Aosta makes a fascinating historical case study. There’s the megalithic area of Saint-Martin de Corleans; the Praetoria Gate, one of the few examples from Roman times still perfectly intact; the Theatre; the forum Cryptoporticus, the perimeter of the boundary walls almost completely intact; a well-preserved extra muros villa; and the magnificent Augustus’ Arch. Ancient roads, fountains, wash-houses, votive chapels, sundials, historical houses and courtyards are also in abundance.
Those staying in the ski resort of Pila often take the 20-minute gondola-ride from there down to Aosta town to sample its delights. There are plenty of shops selling delicious local delicacies, arts and crafts; and lots of restaurants and bars to sample too.
The thousand-year-old Sant‘Orsa Fair is held each year in the centre of Aosta on the 30 and 31 January. Its origins have been lost over time, so much so that someone set the year 1000 as its starting date. So each fair is now numbered as though the first one had been held at the start of the second millennium of our time. Attracting visitors from afar, it’s a craft fair with artefacts in wood, soapstone, wrought iron, lace and woollen fabrics, as well as farming equipment, furniture, household utensils and sculptures.
Aosta is also home to two masterpieces of Medieval art: the Cathedral and San‘Orso. Both feature amazing Ottanian frescoes and a wooden choir; the cathedral also has a treasure museum; and Sant‘Orso Collegiate boasts enchanting cloisters too.
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Places to see in ( Aosta - Italy ) Porta Pretoria
Places to see in ( Aosta - Italy ) Porta Pretoria
Porta Pretoria is situated between via Sant’Anselmo and via Porta Praetoria. Situated on the eastern section of the walls, it provided the main access to the city of Augusta Praetoria, built in 25 B.C. after the defeat of the Salassians by Terenzio Varrone.
It had three openings, which are still visible today: the central one for carriages and the side openings for pedestrians. The area inside the openings was used as a troop parade court, in its southern section, the land was dug up as far as the level of the ground during the Roman era (approximately two metres below the current level – the difference in height is due to the debris transported by river floods).
On the outer facing openings you can still see the grooves from where the gates were lowered at night. The eastern facade still has some of the marble slabs that once covered the entire monument, on the inside it consists of blocks of puddingstone. In the Middle Ages there was a chapel dedicated to the Most Blessed Trinity resting against Porta Praetoria (now only an alcove of this remains), for many centuries, the same Porta Praetoria went by its name.
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Places to see in ( Aosta - Italy ) Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Places to see in ( Aosta - Italy ) Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Aosta Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Aosta, in north-west Italy, built in the 4th century. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Aosta. In the 11th century the Palaeo-Christian structure was replaced by a new one, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist. The architecture of the cathedral was modified during the 15th and 16th century. The present façade, in Neoclassical style, was built between 1846 and 1848. The structures remaining from the Romanesque period are two clock-towers and the crypt, and also the remaining part of an Ottonian fresco cycle on the church ceiling.
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and San Giovanni Battista is the main place of worship of the city of Aosta , the bishop 's seat of the diocese of the same name ; together with the Collegiata di Sant'Orso , it constitutes the most important testimony of the history of sacred art in Valle d'Aosta . Its ultra-thousand-year history has to be rebuilt through the multiplicity of interventions that have taken place and the architectural languages used, in addition to the artistic testimonies that it preserves.
The origin of the Cathedral of Aosta dates back to the initial stages of diffusion of Christianity in the Valle d'Aosta: already towards the end of the fourth century , where today is the cathedral, existed - as they have proven the archaeological excavations performed - a remarkable Domus Ecclesiae proportions.
To immediately gain some impression on how it could be, in the eleventh century, the Romanesque basilica, it is advisable to follow the road along the south side of the church. In addition to a wall, you can see the two mighty bell towers , more than 60 meters high; they are the highest structure of the whole city of Aosta and of the whole Valle d'Aosta region, and are placed next to the apse (which appears to us with its high splayed windows, the result of the restructuring of the thirteenth century); below you can see the roof of the ambulatory.
From the right aisle there is access to the ambulatory spaces in which there is the Museum of the Treasure of the Cathedral of Aosta , which houses works of considerable interest, such as two fragments of the windows of the twelfth century , the reliquary box of San Grato , some illuminated codes among the such as the Missal of Bishop Francesco de Prez , sepulchral monuments made by Stefano Mossettaz , dossals of stalls by Jean Vion de Samoëns and Jean de Chetro already present in the choir, and a rich collection of painted wooden statues, examples of that devotional culture that is has been called the gothic of the Alps.
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Places to see in ( Aosta - Italy ) Arco Onorario d'Augusto
Places to see in ( Aosta - Italy ) Arco Onorario d'Augusto
The Arch of Augustus (in French Arc d'Auguste) is a monument in the city of Aosta, northern Italy. It was erected in 25 BC on the occasion of the Roman victory over the Salassi and was the work of Aulus Terentius Varro Murena. It is located at the end of the decumanus maximus, a little distance from the Bourg Saint-Ours (quarter of the Collegiate Church of Saint Ursus) and from the eastern entrance of the city wall (the Porta Prætoria).
Constructed from conglomerate, the arch has a single vault, with a height to the keystone of 11.4 metres. Its span is a barrel vault, constituting an extension in width of a round arch. In the monument, various styles can be recognised: The ten engaged columns which decorate its facade and its sides culminate in Corinthian capitals, while the entablature, adorned with metopes and triglyphs, is of the Doric order.
In the Medieval period, it came to be called the Saint-Voût (French for Holy Arch) from an image of Jesus which was located in the same place. During the twelfth century, the arch contained the home of a local noble family and in 1318 a small fortification was built inside it, designed for a corps of crossbowmen. In 1716, because of the numerous leaks that were compromising the integrity of the monument, the attic that previously crowned the arch was replaced with a slate roof.
The arch's modern appearance is the result of a final intervention for restoration and consolidation which occurred in 1912 under the direction of Ernesto Schiaparelli. The wooden crucifix displayed below the vault is a copy of the one which was placed there in 1449 as a votive offering against the flooding of the river Buthier, which flows a little to the east. The original crucifix is now housed in the Museum of Aosta Cathedral's Treasures.
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Guided tours of Aosta
Guided tour of Aosta town with Alpina-Tour info@alpina-tour.com
You'll visit
Roman bridge;
Arch of Augustus;
Gate of Porta Praetoria;
Collegiate Church of S.Orso with cloister;
Roman theatre;
The Cathedral. Dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta and St. John the Baptist.
The Criptoportico;
Chanoux square and Municipality building
Aosta 2016
Aosta è una città importante dai tempi dei romani, vi si trovano ancora molte testimonianze dell'antico impero romano, il teatro romano, la porta Pretoria, il ponte romano e l'arco di Augusto sono gli esempi migliori.
Il centro storico è gradevole, con le sue vie e le piazze, anche la loro disposizione fa capire l'origine romana, è ricca di posti da visitare, come la Cattedrale con il Criptoportico forense, il Museo archeologico, la chiesa paleocristiana di San Lorenzo, bella anche la piazza Chanoux, piazza principale e dove si trova il municipio.
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