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An italian Harry Potter

Seventeen –year-old Luca Bono from Turin beat nineteen other finalists on Saturday to become the Champion Magician of Italy. Luca astonished the audience with his four-minute act in which he manipulated cards, balls handkerchieves and doves...

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Valle d'Aosta in Summer

If you thought that the Valle d’Aosta is only worth visiting during the winter sports season you should read on, for Italy’s smallest and least populated region has much to offer in summer

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Les Jardins des Alpes, in the Aosta Valley

GK Italian Property are selling a range of panoramic apartments in a new development called Les Jardins des Alpes located at La Thuile, a thriving resort at the foot of the Little St Bernard Pass, in the Aosta Valley...

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Forte di Bard

A former Savoy stronghold, which sparked Napoleon’s ire when the local garrison kept his army in check for 14 days in 1800, has found new life as a cultural centre and Alps museum ..

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Speeding nuns in a Ford Fiesta fined, refuse to pay

Three nuns, Sister Tavoletta, 56, and two others (unnamed) aged 65 and 78, where rushing to see the Pope at 180kmph (112 mph) when the police pulled them over.

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Pope chooses Val d'Aosta for summer break

Pope Benedict XVI will spend his summer holiday in the Val D'Aosta mountain village of Les Combes di Introd, the Vatican said Friday.

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Italian bags first winter ascent of Himalayan peak

Italian mountain climber Simone Moro and his colleague Denis Urubko of Kazakhstan on Monday completed the first-ever winter ascent of Himalayan giant Makalu, the world's fifth highest peak.

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La Fiera di Sant'Orso in the Aosta Valley

In January, the Aosta Valley celebrates La Fiera di Sant'Orso in the historical centres of Aosta and the small village of Donnas; the latter festival is also called the Fiera del Legno.

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Italian mountain properties see small price decline

Prices for Italian mountain properties went down by 0.1% in the first half of 2008, but some villages, such as Courmayeur, in the Aosta valley, bucked the trend with lively demand and an increase in values

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Castello di Fénis

In her new series, exclusive to the ITALY Website - titled "The Curious Traveller", Carla Passino takes us on a tour around some great and lesser known places to visit in Italy. We start with a wonderful castle in the hills close to Aosta - Il Castello di Fénis dates back to the 13th century and proved to be a great day out.

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