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Architecture
The train station in the summer

Morgex train station

Morgex

The Aosta/Pré-Saint-Didier railway, completed in 1929 with 8 stations and 23 stops, is a a singular and unique architectural situation. This railway was founded to transport coal to Aosta mined in La Thuile and moved to Morgex by cableway. From here the …

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Castles and towers
Bozel fortified house

Bozel fortified house

Morgex

This fortified house standing in an isolated area, east of the village of Villair, is a rectangular floor plan building with two floors above ground. The entrance is on the second floor on the south side: next to the door of the underground floor is …

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Castles and towers
prospettiva interna della Tour de l'Archet a Morgex

De l'Archet tower

Morgex

Located in the centre of the village, this tower, with its walls 9 metres lenght and 2,60 metres thick, reminds in its construction technique of the towers of La Plantà in Gressan and Ville in Arnad. The dendrometric analyses prove that it was built …

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Castles and towers
Pascal Castle in la Ruine

Pascal Castle in la Ruine

Morgex

Located west of the hamlet of La Ruine, not far from the stream, it is a complex of buildings forming a castle. The oldest building stands on the east side, in the form of a tower-house. It has windows in worked stone, with architraves bearing a …

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Churches and shrines
church of Morgex

Parish church of Our Lady of the Assumption

Morgex

Considering the title “plébain”, which is traditionally attributed to the parish priest, it is believed that the parish of Morgex is one of the oldest of the upper Aosta Valley. This hypothesis was confirmed by the archaeological digs which brought to …

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Museums
Biblioteca del fumetto - Morgex

Biblio-Museo del fumetto

Morgex

The Biblio-Museum was born thanks to the donation, in 2005, of a precious collection of comic books (over 30,000) and volumes, collected by Demetrio Mafrica, which allows to follow the birth and evolution of comics, especially Italian, and which is …

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Museums
museum of sacred art - Morgex

Parish museum

Morgex

It is situated beneath the left aisle of the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta and has interesting works of sacred art, including a silver relic chest from the 15th century, various astylar crosses and a chalice and paten found in the sepulchre of the …

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Traditions
La Badoche

La Badoche

La Salle

Ogni anno il santo patrono si festeggia nei comuni e nei villaggi della Valdigne con una manifestazione particolare, la “Badoche”, le cui origini paiono risalire ai riti propiziatori celebrati presso i Celti. La tradizione vuole che la Badoche sia nata …

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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.