Aosta in the Italian Alps
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Aosta (
French : Aoste, formerly Aouste;
Arpitan : Aoûta, Veulla or Ouhta;
Latin : Augusta Praetoria Salassorum;
Walser : Augschtal;
Piedmontese : Osta) is the principal city of
Aosta Valley , a bilingual
region in the
Italian Alps , 110 km (68 mi) north-northwest of
Turin . It is situated near the Italian entrance of the
Mont Blanc Tunnel , at the confluence of the
Buthier and the
Dora Baltea , and at the junction of the
Great and
Little St Bernard Pass routes.
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 (“Grey Alps”) 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.
Door of the Aosta Cathedral © Laurom/cc-by-sa-4.0
After the fall of the
Western Empire , the city was conquered, in turn, by the
Burgundians , the
Ostrogoths , and the
Byzantines . The
Lombards , who had annexed it to their Italian kingdom, were expelled by the
Frankish Empire under
Pepin the Short . Under his son,
Charlemagne , Aosta acquired importance as a post on the
Via Francigena , leading from
Aachen to
Italy . After 888 AD it was part of the renewed
Kingdom of Italy under
Arduin of Ivrea and
Berengar of Friuli .
In the 10th century Aosta became part of the
Kingdom of Burgundy . After the fall of the latter in 1032, it became part of the lands of
Count Humbert I of
Savoy .
The privilege of holding the assembly of the
states-general was granted to the inhabitants in 1189. An executive council was nominated from this body in 1536, and continued to exist until 1802. After the
Congress of Vienna restored the rule of Savoy it was reconstituted and formally recognized by
Charles Albert of Sardinia , at the birth of his grandson
Prince Amedeo , who was created duke of Aosta.
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