Aosta Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
comune in Aosta Valley, Italy
About Aosta
The Roman colony ofAugusta Praetoria Salassorumwas founded by the general Marcus Terentius Varro, who conquered it from the Salassi tribe in 25 BC. The colony housed 3,000 retired veterans. After 11 BC Augusta Praetoria became the capital of the Alpes Graies ("Grey Alps") province of theRoman Empire. Its position, at the confluence of two rivers, at the end of the Great and the Little St Bernard passes, gave it considerable military importance, and its layout was that of a Roman military camp. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the city was ruled successively by the Burgundians, the Ostrogoths, the Byzantines and the Lombards (who had annexed it to their Italian kingdom but were later expelled by the Frankish Empire under Pepin the Short). Pepin's son, Charlemagne made Aosta an im
Top Attractions in Aosta
Explore the best things to see and do in Aosta:
- ★Roman amphitheatre
Where to Eat in Aosta
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Hostaria del Calvino
- 🍴Moderno
- 🍴Pam Pam
- 🍴Ulisse
Where to Stay in Aosta
- 🏨B&B Al Nabuisson
- 🏨Hotel Milleluci
Aosta Travel Guide Sections
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