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Fontainemore
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Fontainemore (French: [fɔ̃tɛnmɔʁ] ⓘ; Valdôtain: Fontènemore or locally Fountramoura; Issime Walser: Pischu) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[3]
Key Information
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Toponym
[edit]The toponym "Fontainemore" may derive from an old fountain called in French as « Fontaine de Saint-Maur » or « Fontaine de la mort ».[4]
Fontainemore was renamed "Fontanamora" in Italian in 1939 during Fascist rule in Italy. It was reverted to its original name in 1946.
Geography
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Fontainemore is located in the middle of the Lys Valley, near the chasm known as French: Gouffre de Guillemore. It is the most eastern municipality of the Aosta Valley.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Valle d'Aosta" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Office du tourisme de la Vallée d'Aoste.
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