view gallery N22.7 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 NE31.5 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 NW34 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 NW34 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 S36.4 km | Sacra di San Michele - Val di Susa, Italy in Romanesque Architecture The Sacra di San Michele is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano. The church has a nave and two aisles, and features elements of both Gothic and Romanesque architecture. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 09/17/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery S36.4 km | The Portal of the Zodiac - Sacra di San Michele, Val di Susa, Italy in Signs of Zodiac The Great Staircase of the Dead ends at the Portal of the Zodiac (1128-30), a Romanesque work carved by Master Nicolao, a famous architect and sculptor from Piacenza. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 09/20/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery N36.7 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 N36.7 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 N36.9 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 N37 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 N37 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 N37 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 N37 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 N37.2 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 N37.2 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 N37.2 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 N37.2 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 N37.2 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 N37.2 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 N37.2 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 N37.2 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 N37.3 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 N37.3 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 W41.5 km | Toviere Peak Webcam 2704m - Tignes, France in Web Cameras Panoramic webcam showing the view over Tignes from 2700 m. posted by: pstidsen location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France date approved: 01/14/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery SE41.5 km | Frejus Fountain (Fontana del Frejus) - Turin, Italy in Fountains Frejus Fountain located at Piazza Statuto in Turin built in memory of the people who died while digging the Frejus Tunnel rail. posted by: vraatja location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 11/26/2014 last visited: 03/08/2019 |
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