Aosta Cathedral

The Great St Bernard Hospice, situated at an altitude of 2,473 metres, was supposedly first built around 1050, when Saint Bernard of Aosta founded the hospice which will later bear his name. In 1823, the hospice is rebuilt under the direction of the architect Henri Perregaux. It was at the hospice that was created the so-called dog breed of St. Bernard.

The church of Bourg-Saint-Pierre would have been built around the year 1000 by Hugues, bishop of Geneva. The Romanesque building was destroyed and rebuilt over the years. The current Baroque building was built in 1739, keeping the old bell tower, which is the oldest in the Valais. This bell tower has a carillon consisting of six bells melted down and installed by the Rüetschi foundry in Aarau in 1932.

The sanctuary of San Besso is located in Val Soana, at a height of 2019m above sea level. The church is built under a monolithic rock, Mount Fautenio, which is a bout 60m high and 40m wide. It is that the rock contains energetic powers. Mount Fautenio is mentioned by many sources as a place where lithic cults gathered and where pre-Christian practices took place. The origins and evolution of these practices are lost over centuries, and now the place is foremost a place of devotion to the Christian saint.