view gallery W5.6 km | Fort Bard - Aosta Valley, Italy in La Famille Bonaparte On May 14, 1800, a 40,000-strong French army was stopped by 400 Austro-Piedmontese soldiers at Fort Bard. They held the pass for two weeks, completely ruining Napoleon Bonaparte's plan of making a surprise attack on the Po Valley and Turin. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 09/15/2019 last visited: 09/07/2019 |
view gallery E13 km | Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine, Oropa, Italy, ID=1068-005 in World Heritage Sites This location is part of the series "Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy". The Sanctuary of Oropa is located at a height of 1,159 metres in a small valley of the Alpi Biellesi. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 09/15/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery W35.4 km | Gran Paradiso National Park - Italy in National Parks of the World Gran Paradiso National Park is a National Park in north-west Italy. The park was dedicated by Vittorio Emanuele II in 1856. It contains the highest peak in the western (Graian) Alps, the Gran Paradiso. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/01/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery N36.4 km | Klein Matterhorn 3883m - Zermatt, Switzerland in Mountain Summits Das Klein Matterhorn (3'883 m ü. M.) ist ein Berg in den Walliser Alpen. - The Klein Matterhorn is a Mountain in the Wallis Alps. posted by: elrecke location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 01/06/2011 last visited: 08/20/2015 |
view gallery N36.4 km | Swiss rooster at Klein Matterhorn platform, Switzerland in Unique Weathervanes Aestetic painted metas weathervane - a rooster - is installed at the popular overlook platform on the top of the peak Klein Matterhorn, Switzerland. posted by: Rikitan location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 09/04/2014 last visited: 08/20/2015 |
view gallery N39.3 km | Gorner Glacier - Switzerland in Glaciers The Gorner Glacier (German: Gornergletscher) is a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa Massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. posted by: ToRo61 location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 07/13/2015 last visited: 09/07/2023 |
view gallery N40.1 km | Trockener Steg - Klein Matterhorn / Wallis, Switzerland in Aerial Lifts The gondola lift with the highest altitude mountain lift station in Europe. posted by: elrecke location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 12/31/2010 last visited: 08/20/2015 |
view gallery W40.2 km | Roman Bridge - Aosta in Ancient Roman Civilization Perfectly conserved, six meters wide and with a single arch of 17 meters diameter, it was built at the end of the 1st century BC across the River Buthier, which was to change its course a few centuries later due to flooding. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/12/2007 last visited: 09/12/2023 |
view gallery W40.2 km | Snooker - Aosta, Italy in Internet Cafes Snooker is a bar and billiard room which has about 4 p.c.s available for connecting to the internet posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery W40.4 km | Arch of Augustus - Aosta in Ancient Roman Civilization This mighty building, dedicated to the Emperor Caesar Augustus, dates back to the same period when the town was founded by the Romans in 25 B.C. It was built with local stone and is 11.50 metres tall. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/12/2007 last visited: 09/12/2023 |
view gallery W40.6 km | Sant'Orso Collegiate Church Bell Tower - Aosta, Italy in Romanesque Architecture The quadrangular-plan bell tower, dating to 989, has kept some the lower 15 metres of the original medieval structure. The present structure, in Romanesque style, dates to the 12th century, and has a total height of 44 metres. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 09/16/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery W40.6 km | Praetorian Gate - Aosta in Ancient Roman Civilization This gate, through which the ancients used to enter the town of Augusta Praetoria (Aosta) coming from Ivrea, was erected in 25 B.C.. It is the largest surviving Roman gate. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/12/2007 last visited: 09/12/2023 |
view gallery W40.7 km | Statue of Caesar Augustus - Aosta in Statues of Historic Figures The Roman city of Augusta Praetorium, now the city of Aosta in Italy, was founded during the reign of Caesar Augustus, one of the first and greatest in the line of Roman emperors. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/23/2007 last visited: 09/12/2023 |
view gallery W40.7 km | Roman Theater - Aosta in Ancient Roman Civilization The Theatre occupied an entire quarter of the regular urban plan of the Roman colony of Augusta Praetoria. It was built in the Augustinian era, but after the foundation of the colony. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/12/2007 last visited: 09/12/2023 |
view gallery N40.9 km | Gornergrat - Switzerland in Scenic Overlooks Scenic Overlooks from top of Gornergrat. posted by: ToRo61 location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 07/15/2015 last visited: 09/07/2023 |
view gallery N40.9 km | Gornergrat - Switzerland in Orientation Tables Gornergrat hill and surrounding. posted by: ToRo61 location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 07/14/2015 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery N40.9 km | You Are Here - Gornergrat, Switzerland in 'You Are Here' Maps You Are Here [FR: Vous Etes Ici] on top of Gornergrat hill. posted by: ToRo61 location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 07/13/2015 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery N40.9 km | MONO - Looking - Gornergrat, Switzerland in Coin-Op Binoculars The monoculars on the top of Gornergrat hill. posted by: ToRo61 location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 07/14/2015 last visited: 07/13/2017 |
view gallery N40.9 km | Elevation Signs - Gornergrat - Switzerland.3089m in Elevation Signs Two elevation sings on the top Gornergrat hill. posted by: ToRo61 location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 07/13/2015 last visited: 07/13/2017 |
view gallery N40.9 km | Gornergrat Mountain - Switzerland in Mountain Summits Gornergrat Mountain and surrounding. posted by: ToRo61 location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 07/15/2015 last visited: 09/07/2023 |
view gallery N40.9 km | Painted map on Gornergrat, Switzerland in 'You Are Here' Maps Beautiful, painted YAH map is available to see on the top of Gornergrat mountain, very popular tourist destination. posted by: Rikitan location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 11/02/2014 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery N40.9 km | Gornergrat Observatory, Switzerland in Astronomical Observatories At 3150m above sea level, Gornergrat provides great conditions for successful research in astronomy and astrophysics.
Auf 3150m über dem Meeresspiegel, Gornergrat bietet sehr gute Bedingungen für erfolgreiche Forschung in Astronomie und Astrophysik posted by: Zinnware location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 10/11/2009 last visited: 09/07/2023 |
view gallery N40.9 km | Chapel 'Bernhard von Aosta' - Gornergrat, Switzerland in Waychapels The chapel on the top of Gornergrat hill. posted by: ToRo61 location: Valais, Switzerland date approved: 07/20/2015 last visited: 08/19/2015 |
view gallery W40.9 km | South Wall of Augusta Praetoria (Aosta) in Ancient Roman Civilization From this location one has a good view of the old Roman wall which marks the southern edge of the Roman city. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/22/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery W41 km | South end of the Roman Forum - Aosta in Ancient Roman Civilization The point marks the southern point of the Roman Forum in Aosta. Some excavations with interpretive panels in French describing the portico, the forum plaza (platea), and other parts are to be seen. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/21/2007 last visited: 09/12/2023 |
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