Aosta was founded by Romans in 25 B.C. and called Augusta Praetoria Salassorum<\/strong> in honor of Emperor Augustus. Nowadays Aosta is one of the most preserved Roman towns in the world and for this reason is also called \u201cthe Rome of the Alps<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n To the Roman period belongs the Roman bridge on Buthier river<\/strong><\/a>, which was part of the Roman Road to Gaul. The Arch of Augustus<\/strong><\/a> built in honour of the Emperor hosted the visitor before his entrance to the town centre. Porta Praetoria<\/strong><\/a> was the main entrance to the old town and it is the only gate still visible nowadays. The theatre<\/strong><\/a> is the most fascinating place, with its wonderful 22 meters heigh facade and the ruins of the lower part of the cavea, the orchestra and stage. The forensic cryptoporticus<\/strong><\/a>, a hidden arcade, was a charming place that surrounded the holy area of the Roman forum. Walking along the perimeter of the town center are still visible the boundary walls<\/a> and the city towers.<\/p>\n The Medieval town of Aosta<\/strong> hosts the most important churches in the diocese. Together we will visit the Eearly – Christian church of Saint Lorenzo, built during the 4th century as a burial church for the first bishops of the Aosta Valley. The city tour Aosta<\/strong> is a guided tour in one of the most beautiful alpine town in Italy.<\/p>\n Contact me to discover Aosta with a licensed tour guide.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A pleasant walk through the historic center of Aosta will take you on a discovery of the \u201cRome of the Alps\u201d and its ancient remains, as well as elegant medieval buildings such as the Collegiate of Sant’Orso.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[240,46,239,242,241],"categoria_visite":[255],"class_list":["post-16761","visite","type-visite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aosta-medievale","tag-aosta-romana","tag-area-megalitica","tag-visita-guidata-aosta-medievale","tag-visita-guidata-aosta-romana","categoria_visite-city-tour-aosta"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visite\/16761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visite"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/visite"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16761"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visite\/16761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21355,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visite\/16761\/revisions\/21355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16761"},{"taxonomy":"categoria_visite","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidaturisticaosta.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_visite?post=16761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWe will visit the Collegiate church of Saint Orso<\/strong><\/a>, a late gothic jewel that must absolutely be visited! The Collegiate comprises a high bell tower, the Romanesque crypt and a famous mosaic on the choir, the wonderful Romanesque cloister with its sculpted capitals, the Priorate \u2013 a unique building in terracotta – and the Ottonian frescoes<\/strong><\/a> in the attic.
\nThe Cathedral<\/strong><\/a> is situated close to the Roman cryptoporticus and was built upon the ruins of an ancient Roman domus and it is still today the spiritual center of the diocese.<\/p>\n