Aosta (ita)

Aosta

Aosta ranks 1,239th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Iowa City, Iowa, Greifswald, and Matsuyama. Memorable people born in Aosta include Anselm of Canterbury, Marco Albarello, and Diodato. Memorable people who died in Aosta include Achille Compagnoni, Giuliana Minuzzo, and Gianni Bonichon. Aosta has been the birth place of many soccer players, and skiers and the death place of many mountaineers, and skiers. Aosta is located in Italy.

Aosta is the principal city of the 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 and the Great St Bernard Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great and Little St Bernard Pass routes. Read more on Wikipedia