Saint-Pierre ( Valdôtain: ) is a

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and ''

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'' in the

Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French ...

region of north-western

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. There are about 150 medieval castles, tours and fortified houses in the Aosta Valley.Massetti, E. "Aosta Valley Castles" http://www.naturaosta.it/castles.htm accessed on 15 March 2014. The main sight is the

Saint-Pierre Castle Saint-Pierre Castle ( it, Castello di Saint-Pierre, french: Château de Saint-Pierre) is a late 12th century castle located at Saint-Pierre, Aosta Valley, Saint-Pierre in the Aosta Valley, Italy. Early history The first records of the castle da ...

. Nearby, the Sarriod family built the Sarriod de la Tour Castle.

Geography

Saint-Pierre is a town in the

, a bilingual

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in the

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, north-northwest of

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. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the

Mont Blanc Tunnel The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a highway tunnel between France and Italy, under the Mont Blanc mountain in the Alps. It links Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France with Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy, via the French Route Nationale 205 and the Italian T ...

, near the confluence of the

Buthier The Buthier is a mountain torrent in north-west Italy. A left bank tributary of the Dora Baltea, its entire course lies within the Valpelline, a valley in the region of Aosta Valley. Course One branch of the river is formed by the Tsa de Tsa ...

and the Doire baltée, and near the junction of the

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and Little St. Bernard routes.

Twin towns — sister cities

Saint-Pierre is twinned with: * Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, France

Main sights

Notes and references

External links

"Saint-Pierre", Office for Tourism, Sports, Trade and Transport, Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, 2017. http://www.lovevda.it/en/database/3/proprieta-denom_ing-non-trovata-il-nome-della-proprieta-e-case-sensitive-e-per-ciascuna-tipologia-di-campo-deve-essere-uniforme-verificare-il-mapping-dell-entita/aosta-valley/saint-pierre/422 Cities and towns in Aosta Valley {{Aosta-geo-stub