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Favre house
Ancient home in the village of Dolonne
The lower part of the architrave is shaped like a lancet. The Savoy coat of arms is on the left with that of the Favre family “A silver cross on a re…
Villas in Courmayeur
The most qualified expansion of this famous tourist resort occurred between the two World Wars. The most typical type of town of the period is represented by villas surrounded by larg…
Passerin d'Entrèves fortified house
Standing in the centre of the Entrèves village, this typical country fortified house from the 14th century (1351), was designated as an aristocratic residence, more for the tourist attraction of th…
Malluquin Tower
Situated in Piazza Petigax, a short distance from the Valdois Evangelical church, in the Middle Ages this building belonged to the Malluquin family, for whom evidence exists in Courmayeur since th…
The Monte Bianco
A real knot of legends are tied around the Monte Bianco. Tradition has it that the glacier, all or part of it, is the eternal prison of evil spirits. The exorcisms of Cogne’s curate confined th…
The Miage
A very long time ago lovely fairies let their herd of chamois graze the pastures on the blooming banks of the lake where today the Miage glacier stretches out.
The devils, lurking in the dar…
The ''Match in Valdigne''
In the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, during the construction of the national road between Morgex and Pré Saint Didier, the men of La Thuile and those of Courmayeur worked side by side i…
Il Dente del Gigante (Giant's Tooth)
The giant, obviously, is Gargantua that, after having distributed various parts of his body after his death, left a tooth to Valle d’Aosta: to fix amongst the glaciers of the Monte Bianco. The shar…
The devils of Val Veny
Driven out by San Bernardo from the mountain passes of Valle d’Aosta, the devils that once lived their went to Mont Maudit; but, once in awhile, they would leave the cursed mountain to carry out wild…
The tseallii
The “tseallii” was the rite used, long ago, to accompany the widow or widower in his/her second wedding celebration: the youngsters of the town and nearby villages would meet at the hapless victim’...
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