Valtournenche
Valtournenche is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, above the sea level. It is named after and covers the upper side of the Valtournenche, a valley on the left side of the Dora Baltea, from Châtillon to the Matterhorn. Valtournenche municipality includes Breuil-Cervinia, whose ski resort is linked to Zermatt, Switzerland.
History
Notable people
- Jean-Antoine Carrel, mountain climber
- Jean-Joseph Maquignaz, mountain climber
- Georges Carrel, canon, mountain climber and botanist
- Luigi Carrel, mountain climber
- Piero Maquignaz, skier and mountain climber