view gallery SW8.7 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 SW8.7 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 SW8.9 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 SW9.2 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 SW9.2 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 SW9.2 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 SW9.3 km | Romanesque cathedral towers - Aosta, Italy in Romanesque Architecture 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. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 09/16/2019 last visited: 03/07/2022 |
view gallery SW9.3 km | Aosta Cathedral - Aosta, Italy in This Old Church A very nice church / cathedral in the small town of Aosta. It has been here since the 4th century. Redone in the 11th century and the final parts were finalized in 1848 posted by: T-Team! location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 08/10/2024 last visited: never |
view gallery SW9.3 km | Aosta Cathedral - Aosta, Italy in Cathedrals The chruch 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. posted by: T-Team! location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 08/10/2024 last visited: never |
view gallery SW9.3 km | Cryptoporticus - Aosta, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization The Roman monument surrounded the sacred area of the ancient city forum. The complex, subject of a significant work of restoration, is located below the roadway and is accessed via a staircase next to the Cathedral. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 09/13/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery SW9.3 km | Aosta Cathedral - Aosta, Italy in Wikipedia Entries This is the Aosta Cathedral in the lovely village of Aosta. Nice place for a stop when driving to/from Italy. posted by: T-Team! location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 08/10/2024 last visited: never |
view gallery SW9.3 km | North end of the Roman Forum - Aosta in Ancient Roman Civilization The temple of the imperial cult was located near this point including a cryptoportico. Some traces of the old architecture are still visible. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/22/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery SW9.5 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 SW9.5 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 |
view gallery SW9.5 km | Valle D'Aosta Regional Archeological Museum in Ancient Roman Civilization This archeological museum in the city of Aosta in North West Italy, once the Roman city of Augusta Praetoria, displays mostly artifacts of ancient Roman origin discovered in excavations around the town. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/22/2007 last visited: 09/01/2019 |
view gallery SW9.5 km | Valle D'Aosta Regional Archeological Museum in History Museums This archeological museum in the city of Aosta in North West Italy, once the Roman city of Augusta Praetoria, displays artifacts discovered in excavations around the town. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/05/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery SW9.7 km | Gelato Pazzo - Aosta, Italy in Ice Cream Parlors An Italian home made ice cream store highly recommended by the Routard travel guide. They serve hand dipped, soft serve, and Italian shlushies as well as other ice cream treats. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 09/16/2019 last visited: 09/12/2023 |
view gallery SW9.7 km | Red Telephone Box in Aosta, Italy in Red Telephone Boxes A rather faded box outside a shop. posted by: sTeamTraen location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 10/18/2015 last visited: 09/01/2019 |
view gallery SW9.7 km | West 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 western edge of the Roman city. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/22/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery SW9.8 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 SW19.5 km | The aqueduct-bridge of Pont d'Aël in Ancient Roman Civilization An aqueduct-bridge from the ancient Roman period is located near the village of Pont d'Aël in the Cogne river valley, a tributary of the Aosta valley in Northwest Italy. It is within easy driving distance from the city of Aosta. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/24/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery SW19.5 km | The aqueduct-bridge of Pont d'Aël in Ancient Aqueducts An aqueduct-bridge from the ancient Roman period is located near the village of Pont d'Aël in the Cogne river valley, a tributary of the Aosta valley in Northwest Italy. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 05/24/2007 last visited: never |
view gallery S21.2 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 NW28 km | The Col Ferret is the highest stage of the Tour du Mont-Blanc (SWITZERLAND ITALY) in Geographic High Points The Col Ferret is an Alpine pass linking the Italian Val Ferret in Val Ferret Switzerland posted by: Dragon Ball location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 10/20/2015 last visited: 10/20/2015 |
view gallery NW28 km | The Col Ferret is the highest stage of the Tour du Mont-Blanc (SWITZERLAND ITALY) in Cairns The Col Ferret is an Alpine pass linking the Italian Val Ferret in Val Ferret Switzerland posted by: Dragon Ball location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 04/11/2016 last visited: 04/11/2016 |
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