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Lovevda – Sito ufficiale del Turismo in Valle d’Aosta
Lovevda – Sito ufficiale del Turismo in Valle d’Aosta
Lovevda – Sito ufficiale del Turismo in Valle d’Aosta
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      • Saint-Vincent spa
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Solstizio d'inverno: fondazione di Augusta Praetoria

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Solstizio d'inverno: fondazione di Augusta Praetoria

Resorts: Aosta

Via Croce di città

19 December 2025 - 21 December 2025

Venerdì 19 dicembre

ore 20:30 Théâtre de la Ville di Aosta
Avilliana. Miti di fondazione dal Mediterraneo alla Valle d’Aosta
Spettacolo in collaborazione con l’Università di Torino

Sabato 20 dicembre

14:30 – 18:00  MegaMuseo di Aosta
Alle origini della città - Tavola rotonda sulla fondazione e rifondazione delle città in epoca augustea

10:00 – 22:00  Criptoportico forense di Aosta
L’eco delle stelle. Luci nel Criptoportico - Spettacolo di ologrammi ogni 15 minuti: un viaggio immersivo tra storia e cosmo

15:30 MAR – Museo Archeologico Regionale
Miti di stagione: Saturno e l’Età dell’oro - Laboratorio per bambini (5-11 anni): racconti e creazioni in lamina di rame. Dopo il racconto del mito di Saturno e dopo aver scoperto che cos’era l’Età dell’oro, i bimbi realizzeranno un Sole o una stella in lamina di rame da appendere all’albero di Natale.

Domenica 21 dicembre

10:30 – 11:15 Piazza Roncas
Osservazione del sorgere del Sole con esperti (Giulio Magli del PoliMi, Matteo De Re dell’Osservatorio astronomico regionale e Stella Bertarione della Soprintendenza per i Beni e le attività culturali) e rievocazione storica con il gruppo Cohors III Prætoria

15:00 – 18:00 MAR – Museo Archeologico Regionale
Pretoriani al MAR - Animazione a cura del Gruppo storico Cohors III Prætoria 

20:30 – 21:30  Terrazza del Conservatoire de la Vallée d’Aoste
Il cielo sopra Augusta Prætoria - Osservazione delle costellazioni invernali a occhio nudo
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On the occasion of the Winter Solstice, the foundation of Augusta Praetoria is remembered, which took place in 25 BC at the behest of the emperor Octavian Augustus. To celebrate the anniversary, two days of events in Aosta

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Balivi tower

Aosta

Castles and towers

The Balivi tower (or Tour du Baillage), situated in Via Guido Rey, on the north-western corner of the Roman boundary wall, was built in the Middle Ages on the structures of the pre-existing Roman tower.

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Enlightened arcades
Cryptoporticus

Aosta

Roman architecture

Site included in the Aosta archeologica cumulative ticket

This monument, which dates back to the Augustan era, is the subject of much debate; its main purpose was to create a structure for containing and levelling the ground that must have been slightly …
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The façade of the palace hosting the MAR
MAR - Regional Archaeological Museum

Aosta

Museums

The MAR-Regional Archaeological Museum, until the new rearrangement, becomes META/MAR Cantiere Museale Partecipato

Site included in the Aosta archeologica cumulative ticket

The Regional Archaeological Museum has a thematic and chronological itinerary. …
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Parco archeologico
MegaMuseo - Megalithic area of Aosta

Aosta

Archeology

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One of the most interesting prehistoric archaeological sites in Europe but also a place where history has continued to leave evidence even in subsequent centuries. Come to Aosta and take advantage of the museum's initiatives and …
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