Saint Pierre

Surface: 26 km2
Minimum altitude: 613 m.
Maximum altitude: 3089 m.
Village dwellers: 2.516

Saint Pierre is a beautiful village overlooked by a medieval castle. It is located in the heart of the central valley, on the left of the Dora Baltea river. The imposing icy pyramid of the Grivola, one of the amazing tops of Gran Paradiso Mount, towers above this village. In Saint Pierre castle is based the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences. At the end of the built-up area you can find another castle, surrounded by orchards, whose name is “Sarriod de La Tour”. Saint Pierre stretches from the lands lapped by the Dora Baltea to the green grasslands at the foot of Mount Falère, where you can enjoy a superb panorama of the whole Aosta Valley. Its excellent position makes this village very sunny. This favours growing rennet and golden apples, whose colour, aroma and flavour are strong and unique. Viticulture too plays an important role here. As a result, these vineyards yield an excellent, characteristic wine called “Torrette”.