Fontainemore

Every five years the people of Fontainemore set out in procession to the sanctuary of Oropa, a procession recorded as early as 1557. The village lies in the Lys valley, the easternmost in the Aosta Valley, with a hump-backed bridge over the river and its parish church of Sant'Antonio. Nearby the Lys plunges into the Gouffre de Guillemore, the gorge that traditionally divided French-Provençal speakers from the Walser.

Highlights

• The procession to Oropa, held every five years since at least 1557
• The old hump-backed bridge over the Lys
• Gouffre de Guillemore, a gorge on the trail of the ravines
• Mont Mars nature reserve and its visitor centre (IT)
• Rural stone architecture in hamlets such as Farettaz

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