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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 158 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AOSTA (anc. See also:Augusta Praetoria Salassorum)  , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Piedmont, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Turin, 8o m . N.N.W. by See also:rail of the town of Turin, and 48 m. See also:direct, situated 1910 ft. above See also:sea-level, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the See also:Great and Little St See also:Bernard routes . Pop . (1901) 7875 . The See also:cathedral, reconstructed in the 11th See also:century (to which one of its campanili and some architectural details belong), was much altered in the 14th and 17th; it has a See also:rich See also:treasury including an See also:ivory See also:diptych of 406 with a See also:representation of See also:Honorius . The See also:church of St Ours, founded in 425, and rebuilt in the 12th century, has See also:good cloisters (1133) ; the 15th-century priory is picturesque . The See also:castle of Bramafam (11th century) is interesting . See also:Cretinism is See also:common in the See also:district . After the fall of the See also:Roman See also:empire the valley of See also:Aosta See also:fell into the hands of the Burgundian See also:kings; and after many changes of masters, it came under the See also:rule of See also:Count See also:Humbert I. of See also:Savoy (Biancamano) in 1032 . The See also:privilege of holding the See also:assembly of the states-See also:general was granted to the inhabitants in 1189; An executive See also:council was nominated from this See also:body in 1536, and continued to exist until 1802 . After the restoration of the rule of Savoy it was reconstituted and formally recognized by See also:Charles See also:Albert, See also:king of See also:Sardinia, at the See also:birth of his See also:grandson See also:Prince Amedeo, who was created See also:duke of Aosta . Aosta was the birthplace of See also:Anselm .

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ancient remains see See also:AUGUSTA PRAETORIA SALASSORUM .

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