Valle d’Aosta

Valle d’Aosta is a region of northwest Italy, along the border of France and Switzerland, located by and including the western Alps mountains: Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa and Gran Paradiso mountains.

Bard

created: january 2010; location: bard, valle d’aosta, italy

Bard is a small town of less than two-hundred people, located by the mountain, Mont-Rose. The town includes a fortress built in the 19th century by the House of Savoy.