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Contents 1 History 2 Climate 3 Main sights 3.1 Ancient remains 3.2 Other sights 4 Transport 5 Notable people 6 See also 7 Twin towns-sister cities 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links History[edit] Arches of the Roman Theatre. Porta Prætoria.
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Climate data for Aosta Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average high °C (°F) 3.9 (39) 5.9 (42.6) 10.4 (50.7) 14.5 (58.1) 19.0 (66.2) 22.7 (72.9) 25.1 (77.2) 24.1 (75.4) 20.8 (69.4) 15.1 (59.2) 8.7 (47.7) 4.8 (40.6) 14.6 (58.3) Daily mean °C (°F) −0.1 (31.8) 1.7 (35.1) 5.4 (41.7) 9.3 (48.7) 13.6 (56.5) 17.0 (62.6) 19.2 (66.6) 18.4 (65.1) 15.6 (60.1) 10.5 (50.9) 4.9 (40.8) 1.1 (34) 9.7 (49.5) Average low °C (°F) −4.0 (24.8) −2.5 (27.5) 0.5 (32.9) 4.2 (39.6) 8.2 (46.8) 11.4 (52.5) 13.4 (56.1) 12.8 (55) 10.4 (50.7) 5.9 (42.6) 1.2 (34.2) −2.5 (27.5) 4.9 (40.8) Average precipitation mm (inches) 51 (2.01) 60 (2.36) 56 (2.2) 64 (2.52) 81 (3.19) 81 (3.19) 64 (2.52) 82 (3.23) 68 (2.68) 65 (2.56) 75 (2.95) 58 (2.28) 805 (31.69) Source: https://it.climate-data.org/location/3041/ Main sights[edit] Ancient remains[edit] Tour du Lépreux. The ancient town walls of Augusta Prætoria Salassorum are still preserved almost in their entirety, enclosing a rectangle 724 by 572 metres (2,375 by 1,877 ft).[6] They are 6.4 metres (21 ft) high, built of concrete faced with small blocks of stone. At the bottom, the walls are nearly 2.75 metres (9.0 ft) thick, and at the top 1.83 metres (6.0 ft). Towers stand at angles to the enceinte and others are positioned at intervals, with two at each of the four gates, making twenty towers in total. They are roughly 6.5 metres (21 ft) square, and project 4.3 metres (14 ft) from the wall. Of the 20 original towers, the following are well preserved:[7] Tour du lépreux (French for Leper's Tower), was given this name after
a leper called Pierre-Bernard Guasco was jailed there in the late 17th
century. Le lépreux de la cité d'Aoste, a novel by Xavier de
Maistre, is also named after this leper.
Tourneuve (13th century).
Tour du Pailleron.
Tower
The east and south gates exist intact. The latter, a double gate with three arches flanked by two towers known as the Porta Praetoria (1st century AD) was the eastern gate to the city, and has preserved its original forms apart from the marble covering.[8] It is formed by two series of arches enclosing a small square. The rectangular arrangement of the streets is modeled on a Roman plan dividing the town into 64 blocks (insulae). The main road, about 10 metres (33 ft) wide, divides the city into two equal halves, running from east to west. This arrangement makes it clear that guarding the road was the main raison d'être of the city. The Roman theatre, of which the southern façade remains today, is 22 metres (72 ft) tall.[9][10] The structure, dating from the late reign of Augustus, occupied an area of 81 by 64 metres (266 by 210 ft); it could contain up to 4,000 spectators. In the nearby was the amphitheatre, built under Claudius. A marketplace surrounded by storehouses on three sides with a temple in the centre with two on the open (south) side, as well as a thermae, have also been discovered. Arch of Augustus. Outside the town walls is the Arch of Augustus, a triumphal arch in honour of Augustus, built in 35 BC to celebrate the victory of consul Varro Murena over the Salassi.[11] About 8 kilometres (5 miles) to the west is a single-arched Roman bridge, called the Pont d'Aël. It has a closed passage, lighted by windows for foot passengers in winter, and above it an open footpath.
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There are considerable remains of the ancient road from Eporedia
(modern Ivrea) to Augusta Praetoria into the
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The Cathedral, built in the 4th century and replaced in the 11th
century by a new edifice dedicate to the Madonna. It is annexed to the
Roman Forum.
The Romanesque-Gothic
Sant'Orso
Transport[edit]
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Anselm of Canterbury
See also[edit]
Italy
Duke of Aosta
Franco-Provençal language
Twin towns-sister cities[edit]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy
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Albertville, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France[15] Narbonne, Aude, Occitanie, France[15] Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France[15] Kaolack, Senegal[15] San Giorgio Morgeto, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy[15] Sinaia, Romania[15] Martigny, Valais, Switzerland[15] References[edit] Inline citations ^ Bilancio demografico Anno 2013 Novembre (dati provvisori).
Provincia: Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste, Istat.
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Aostan French
General references This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aosta". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Further reading[edit] Lin Colliard, La vieille Aoste, éd. Musumeci, Aoste, 1972. Aimé Chenal, Promenade archéologique de la ville d'Aoste, ITLA, Aoste, 1965. Mauro Caniggia Nicolotti & Luca Poggianti, Aoste inconnue : traces cachées, oubliées ou invisibles de la vieille ville, typog. La Vallée, Aoste, 2010. Carlo Promis, Le antichità di Aosta, (Turin, 1862); Édouard Bérard, Atti della Società di Archeologia di Torino, iii. 119 seq.; Notizie degli Scavi, passim. External links[edit] Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Aosta. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aosta. Virtual Museum Vallée (VMV), virtual museum of
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Comuni
Allein Antey-Saint-André Aosta Arnad Arvier Avise Ayas Aymavilles Bard Bionaz Brissogne Brusson Challand-Saint-Anselme Challand-Saint-Victor Chambave Chamois Champdepraz Champorcher Charvensod Châtillon Cogne Courmayeur Donnas Doues Emarèse Etroubles Fontainemore Fénis Gaby Gignod Gressan Gressoney-La-Trinité Gressoney-Saint-Jean Hône Introd Issime Issogne Jovençan La Magdeleine La Salle La Thuile Lillianes Montjovet Morgex Nus Ollomont Oyace Perloz Pollein Pont-Saint-Martin Pontboset Pontey Pré-Saint-Didier Quart Rhêmes-Notre-Dame Rhêmes-Saint-Georges Roisan Saint-Christophe Saint-Denis Saint-Marcel Saint-Nicolas Saint-Oyen Saint-Pierre Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses Saint-Vincent Sarre Torgnon Valgrisenche Valpelline Valsavarenche Valtournenche Verrayes Verrès Villeneuve v t e Regional capitals of Italy
L'Aquila, Abruzzo
Aosta,
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Basilica di Sant'Andrea
Basilica of Superga
Castello della Manta
Cittadella of Alessandria
Fenestrelle Fort
Fénis
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