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7 unusual facts about Aosta


1998 Winter Olympics

Other candidate cities for the 1998 Olympics were Aosta, Italy; Jaca, Spain; Östersund, Sweden; and Salt Lake City, United States.

Florian Prantl

Prantl also won a gold medal in the men's double event at the 1979 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships in Aosta, Italy.

Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto

His godparents are his mother's brother Sebastião Castro Curvelo de Herédia, and Princess Anna Cecilia of Bourbon-Sicily.

Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta

Umberto was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the first child and son of Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia and his wife, the former Princess Olga of Greece.

Princess Olga of Greece

Sonia Vierin

Sonia Vierin (born 25 October 1977 in Aosta) is an Italian former alpine skier who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

SS Duca d'Aosta

On their return journeys they were sunk by German submarines U-90 and U-151, respectively.


A.S.D. Vallée d’Aoste Charvensod

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Vallée d’Aoste Charvensod is an Italian association football club, based in Charvensod, Aosta Valley.

A.S.D.C. Canelli

Associazione Sportiva Dilettante Calcio Canelli is an Italian association football club located in Canelli, Piedmont which currently plays in Promozione Piedmont and Aosta Valley group D.

Arnold Lunger

A natural track luger, he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1986 FIL Luge Natural Track Championships in Fénis-Aosta, Italy.

Arpitania

Mikael Bodlore-Penlaez, «Savoy and Aosta, heart of the Arpitan people» in Atlas of Stateless Nations in Europe: Minority People in Search of Recognition, Y Lolfa, 2011.

ATP Saint-Vincent

The Campionati Internazionali Della Valle D'Aosta was a men's tennis tournament played in Saint-Vincent, Italy.

Bizzarrini P538

In 1967, Bizzarrini rebodied at least one V-8 as a coupe and sold it to the Duke of Aosta (it is known as the Duca d’Aosta coupe).

Champoluc

Champoluc is a village in, and the main centre of the commune of Ayas which is co-extensive with the Val d'Ayas in the province of Val d'Aosta northern Italy.

Eddy Ottoz

As a sports manager he was president of the Regional Committee of the CONI of the Valle d'Aosta.

EU Individual Open Chess Championship

The third European Union Individual Open Championship took place June 15-24th 2007, in Arvier (Aosta Valley), Italy.

Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy

While Duke of savoy he also held the subsidiary titles of Marquess of Saluzzo, count of Aosta, Moriana and Nice, and claimant King of Jerusalem.

George Troup

Troup's country estate, Valdosta, was named after the Valle d'Aosta alpine valley in Italy.

Helga Pichler

A natural track luger, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1986 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Fénis-Aosta, Italy.

History of Valle d'Aosta Calcio

U.S. Valle d’Aosta Chatillon Saint Vincent Fenusma was founded in 1997, acquiring the sports title of Serie D club U.S. Châtillon Saint Vincent based in Saint-Vincent.

James Pattison Cockburn

They include A Voyage to Cadiz and Gibraltar, with 30 coloured plates, published in 1815; Swiss Scenery, with 62 plates, in 1820; The Route of the Simplon, in 1822; The Valley of Aosta, in 1823 and Pompeii Illustrated, in folio, in 1827.

Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta

Princess Anne of Orléans

Princess Anne of Orléans (Anne Hélène Marie; 5 August 1906, Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Aisne – 19 March 1986, Sorrento) was a member of the House of Orléans and the Duchess of Aosta by marriage.

PVDA

For Aosta Valley, a former political party in the Aosta Valley region of Italy: Pour la Vallée d'Aoste

S.C. Vallée d'Aoste

Saint-Christophe Vallée d’Aoste (usually referred to as Vallée d'Aoste) is an Italian association football club, based in Saint-Christophe, Aosta Valley, but playing in Aosta.

Saint-Christophe, Aosta Valley

Air Vallée had its head office on the grounds of Aosta Airport.

Valpelline

The river Buthier, the river which runs through the Valpelline valley in Aosta Valley, Italy

Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia

From 1792 to 1796, Aosta's father had taken an active part in the struggle of the old powers against the French Revolutionary forces, but were defeated and forced to make peace.


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