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Ancient Perloz wine press

Perloz

The Perloz wine press is an interesting witness to the history of viticulture and rural traditions of the area. The pressing allowed for the extraction, by pressing, of the liquid part from the marc, what remained at the end of the alcoholic fermentation …

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Chemp

Chemp, Varfey and other villages of Perloz

Perloz

On reaching Crétaz di Miochaz, two routes branch out from where you can park your car, both leading to the last villages in Perloz that are described as inaccessible because in the past you had to go up and come down from them only on foot. They seem …

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Glacières mill

Perloz

Put in action by the water of the “ru” (irrigation canal) of Marine, the mill of Glacières (or Giassère) is very old, as evidenced by the dates engraved in some parts of the structure. he first documentary reference dates back to 1501 and it is in the …

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Churches and shrines
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Shrine of Madonna della Guardia

Perloz

The first construction of the shrine seems to date back to the 12th century, given the casual finding of a statue of the Madonna, according to tradition, which was probably hidden during the era of the barbaric invasions. It was extended between 1715 and …

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Museums
The exterior

Museum of the Resistance - Lys Brigade

Perloz

The Museum, inaugurated in its new headquarters on 25 April 2001 25 April 2008, is housed in the headquarters of Loc. Capoluogo inside the historic building that was the home, immediately after the war, of the first partisan band active in the lower …

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Roman architecture
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The Roman road to the Gauls and its arch

Donnas

The Gauls consular road, built by the Romans to link Rome to the Rodano Valley, has one of its most characteristic points in the Donnas section, which is dug into the live rock over a length of 221 metres. The dimensions of the excavation are …

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Churches and shrines
Verale Chapel

Chapel of Verale village

Donnas

In the Verale pasture, at 1215 meters above sea level, stands the chapel dedicated to the transfiguration of Our Lord, founded in 1753. In the village you can also see the community oven used for baking bread. In the past, the faithful went in procession …

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S.Orso chapel - Donnas

S.Orso chapel

Donnas

One of the oldest chapels in the Donnas area, it is located west of the medieval village and was allegedly founded to safeguard the houses from the frequent and dangerous floods of the Dora Baltea river. The chapel seems to have already been mentioned in …

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Ecomuseum "The local dairy at Treby"

Donnas

The building in the Tréby hamlet of Donnas, which from 1897 until 1980 hosted the activity of the local social dairy has a double historical and cultural interest as it testifies at the same time to the rural past of the village and to the centuries-old …

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Architecture
Il ponte di Guillemore - Fontainemore

The Guillemore bridge

Fontainemore

In the olden days it was the place where the two roads leading to the Lys Valley met, on the right and left bank of the river of the same name. Guillemore and its ravine established the borders between the “Mandement de Vallaise” and the “Mandement di …

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Note - this information is not directly connected to the Cammino Balteo path but it is part of the Aosta Valley tourist offer.