Aosta
Sign in to saveAosta (official ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Alps, north-northwest of Turin in Italy. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel and the Great St Bernard Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great and Little St Bernard Pass routes. It has inhabitants.
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Aosta is the capital city of the Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps located north-northwest of Turin. The city is strategically positioned near major mountain passes and tunnels connecting Italy to France and Switzerland, making it an important hub for Alpine travel and trade.
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- Italian comune.frazioni
- Arpuilles, Beauregard, Bibian, Bioulaz, Borgnalle, Brenloz, Busséyaz, Cache, La Combe, Les Capucins, Chabloz, Champailler, Collignon, Cossan, Cotreau, Duvet, Entrebin, Excenex, Les Fourches, Laravoire, Montfleury, Movisod, Pallin, Papet, Pléod, Porossan, La Riondaz, La Rochère, Roppoz, Saraillon, Saumont, Seyssinod, Signayes, Talapé, Tsanté, Tzambarlet, Vignole
- Italian comune.mayor_party
- Ind.
- Italian comune.mayor
- Raffaele Rocco
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 21.39
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 583
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Gratus
- Italian comune.day
- September 7
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 11100
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0165
- Italian comune.name
- Aosta
- Italian comune.official_name
- Città di AostaVille d'Aoste
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Aosta (official ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Alps, north-northwest of Turin in Italy. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel and the Great St Bernard Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great and Little St Bernard Pass routes. It has inhabitants.
==History== thumb|left|View of the plaine aostoise and the Monte Emilius thumb|left|Arches of the Roman Theatre left|thumb|Porta Prætoria Aosta was settled in proto-historic times and later became a centre of the Salassi, many of whom were killed or sold into slavery by the Romans in 25 BC. The campaign was led by Terentius Varro, who then founded the Roman colony of Augusta Praetoria Salassorum, housing 3,000 retired veterans. After 11 BC Aosta became the capital of the Alpes Graies province of the Empire. Its position at the confluence of two rivers, at the end of the Great and the Little St Bernard Pass, gave it considerable military importance, and its layout was that of a Roman military camp.