Aosta Street Scene
by Jeffrey Kolker
Title
Aosta Street Scene
Artist
Jeffrey Kolker
Medium
Painting - Digital Painting
Description
A day in the life in Aosta, Italy. Aosta, located in a valley in northwestern Italy within the Italian Alps, has quite a long history. It was settled in in pre-Roman days, conqured by the Roman, then later by the Burungians, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Lombards, the Franks. There's good skiing in the area, and apparently that was important to everyone. It's possible there were military reasons as well, as this valley was on of the possible routes Hannibal took when he crossed the Alps into now Italy. A good route in and out of the area.
Today Aosta is like many other Italian cities. There are remains of Roman architecture, Medieval buildings and people living day to day. And tourists, here for the scenery (gorgeous mountains), the history, or perhaps the skiing.
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August 29th, 2020
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