Fort Bard, also known as Bard Fort, is a fortified complex built in the 19th century by the House of Savoy on a rocky prominence above Bard, a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of northwester
The fort in 2026
View of the lower Casemates.
Funicular railway that takes visitors up to Fort Bard
Fort Bard is 80m above the bottom of the gorge and the Dora Baltea river
The Aosta Valley, officially the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is a mountainous autonomous region of northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, to the west; by Valais, Sw
Fort Bard
…French: Fort de Bard ), is a fortified complex built in the 19th century by the House of Savoy on a rocky prominence above Bard, a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy. Fort Bard has been completely restored after many years of neglect. In 2006 it reopened to tourists as the Museum of the…
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Remains of the Roman Theatre, Aosta
The Tour des Seigneurs de la Porte Saint-Ours in Aosta
Mont Blanc in Aosta Valley, the highest point in the European Union