Patron saint festival In 256 days
Feast of Saint Peter
📅 Every year, on 29 June
On 29 June Saint-Pierre celebrates its patron, Saint Peter, in the village overlooked by the castle that is one of the symbols of the Aosta Valley.
The castle of Saint-Pierre, perched above the hamlet of Tâche, is one of the most photographed sights in the Aosta Valley and houses the regional natural history museum. A second one stands nearby along the road to Villeneuve: the Sarriod de la Tour, seat of the family that shared the parish in the Middle Ages with the de Sancto Petro.
On the Châtelair hill archaeologists found clusters of dwellings dating to 3000 BC, among the earliest settlements in the region. The slope is one of the sunniest in the valley: the Torrette district gives its name to two local DOC wines, and the 3,112 residents also grow Canada russet apples.
The Saint-Pierre guide
What to see 3
castello di Saint-Pierre · castello Sarriod de la Tour · Museo regionale di scienze naturali Efisio Noussan
Where to stay 24
24 places to stay · top rated: Maison Jacquemin 9.7 · LES VIGNES - Appartamenti vacanze Valle d'Aosta 9.6
Events & festivals 1
Next up: Feast of Saint Peter, Tuesday 29 June
Getting there
Nearest airport: Torino Caselle, 66 km away
Tours, tickets and experiences
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🎉 Festivals and feasts in Saint-Pierre 1
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What to see in Saint-Pierre
castello di Saint-Pierre The fairytale turrets are nineteenth-century; underneath lies a castle recorded in 1191, now a science museum. 
castello Sarriod de la Tour The Hall of Heads and its 171 carved corbels, with mermaids, unicorns and dragons, in the Sarriod castle. 
Museo regionale di scienze naturali Efisio Noussan The Lyskamm marmot mummy, the oldest mummified find in Italy, inside the castle of Saint-Pierre. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
Near Saint-Pierre
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Saint-Pierre, but an easy day trip away.
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta 📍 Frosinone · 700 m Frosinone's cathedral on the ancient acropolis, with a 62-metre Romanesque bell tower that survived the war. Chiesa di San Benedetto 📍 Frosinone · 800 m Frosinone's Benedictine church, rebuilt in the eighteenth century, with its convex late Baroque façade.