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Aosta-Aoste

Aosta Lying on a plain surrounded by dramatic mountains, the town of Aosta provides a remarkable mixture of ancient culture and spectacular scenery. The Romans captured from the Salassian Gauls in 25 BC, and Aosta is still dotted with the fine Roman architecture built in honor of Emperor Augustus. Modern Aosta is bustling crossroads for local industries and tourists on their way to the mountains. The centre, however, still consists of a delightful grid of large squares and surprising architectural treasures, which justify Aosta’s nickname “Rome of the Alps”.

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	Aosta Valley

	Piemont and the neighboring Valle are –apart from Turin and its cultural splendours- essentially countryside. To the north lie the Alps, with ski resorts such as Courmayerm, and the wild stretches of the Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso. To the south lie the vineyard-clad hills around Barolo, and seemingly endless fields of grain and rice, used in the local dish risotto. In Italian: Valle d’ Aosta and Piedmont and in French: Valle Vallιe d'Aoste ). It is one out of the four autonomous Italian regions


	Aosta-Aoste Aosta Lying on a plain surrounded by dramatic mountains, the town of Aosta provides a remarkable mixture of ancient culture and spectacular scenery. The Romans captured from the Salassian Gauls in 25 BC, and Aosta is still dotted with the fine Roman architecture built in honor of Emperor Augustus. Modern Aosta is bustling crossroads for local industries and tourists on their way to the mountains. The centre, however, still consists of a delightful grid of large squares and surprising architectural treasures, which justify Aosta’s nickname “Rome of the Alps”.

Aosta Valley

Aosta-Aoste