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Saint-Oyen

Province: Aosta · Region: Aosta Valley · Population: 217 · Postal code: 11014

Stendhal has the hero of the Vie de Henri Brulard pass through here, and it is no invention: from Saint-Oyen the road climbs to the Great St Bernard, and whoever went that way needed a roof.

That roof is the Château Verdun. In 1137 count Amadeus III of Savoy gave all the lands of the Castellum verdunense to the provostry of the Great St Bernard: for centuries the house was the grange that supplied the hospice on the pass with food, and it still takes in walkers today. In 1584 Charles Emmanuel I placed the village in the new barony of Gignod. From its 217 residents starts the second Italian stage of the Via Francigena, the one down to Aosta.

The Saint-Oyen guide

Where to stay

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Getting there

Nearest airport: Torino Caselle, 76 km away
What's around

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Near Saint-Oyen

The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.

Etroubles Etroubles Aosta · 1 km Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses Aosta · 3 km Allein Allein Aosta · 4 km Doues Doues Aosta · 6 km Gignod Gignod Aosta · 7 km Ollomont Ollomont Aosta · 9 km

Places to see within 25 km

Outside Saint-Oyen, but an easy day trip away.

Castelli Romani 📍 Albano Laziale · 8.3 km The protected area of the Alban Hills: Lakes Albano and Nemi, Tusculum and chestnut woods on the old volcano. Cattedrale di San Pancrazio 📍 Albano Laziale · 10 km The cathedral of Albano Laziale, with its eighteenth-century peperino façade and remains of Leo III's basilica. Museo Civico 📍 Albano Laziale · 11 km Albano's museum in Villa Ferrajoli: from the volcano of the Alban Hills to a pile-dwelling village and Pompey's villa. Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella 📍 Albano Laziale · 11 km The Savelli church above the catacombs of San Senatore, in Albano, next to the historic cemetery. Castel Savello 📍 Albano Laziale · 12 km The ruins of the Savelli stronghold on an isolated hill below Albano, razed in 1435 and never rebuilt. Hadrian's Villa 📍 Tivoli · 15 km Spanning over 120 hectares, this 2nd-century imperial residence is a masterpiece of Roman architecture and UNESCO site.