Cogne
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Cogne is a town and comune
in Aosta Valley, northern Italy
with 1469 inhabitants, as of 2005.
Cogne is located in the valley with the same name, leading to the Gran Paradiso
massif Ibex, wild goat, marmots, royal eagles are easy to see. Many walks and hikes of different level, to lakes, waterlfalls and other natural attraction.
In the winter Cogne offers 70 km of cross country skiing, 9 km down hill, many walks on the snow and more than 140 icefalls.
whose victim was the 3 year old baby Samuele Lorenzi, killed by his mother, Annamaria Franzoni.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
in Aosta Valley, northern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
with 1469 inhabitants, as of 2005.
Cogne is located in the valley with the same name, leading to the Gran Paradiso
Gran Paradiso
The Gran Paradiso is a mountain group between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of north-west Italy. The peak, the 7th highest mountain in the Graian Alps with an elevation of 4,061 m, is close to Mont Blanc on the nearby border with France. On the French side of the border, the park is...
massif Ibex, wild goat, marmots, royal eagles are easy to see. Many walks and hikes of different level, to lakes, waterlfalls and other natural attraction.
In the winter Cogne offers 70 km of cross country skiing, 9 km down hill, many walks on the snow and more than 140 icefalls.
Main sights
- Giardino Alpino ParadisiaGiardino Alpino ParadisiaThe Giardino Alpino Paradisia or Jardin alpin Paradisia , is an alpine nature preserve and botanical garden located at 1700 meters altitude in the Gran Paradiso National Park at Valnontey, Cogne, Aosta Valley, Italy. It is open daily in the warmer months.The garden was founded in 1955, and named...
, an alpine botanical gardenBotanical gardenA botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names... - Pont d'AëlPont d'AëlThe Pont d'Aël is a Roman aqueduct bridge in the village of the same name, in the comune of Aymavilles, in Aosta Valley, Italy. The bridge, constructed in 3 BC, carried water for the agricultural lands of the newly founded colony Augusta Prætoria Salassorum across a side valley, 66 m...
, a Roman bridgeRoman bridgeRoman bridges, built by ancient Romans, were the first large and lasting bridges built. Roman bridges were built with stone and had the arch as its basic structure....
nearby crossing the Cogne Valley over 60 m above the bottom
Trivia
Cogne is also famous for the Cogne HomicideCogne homicide
The so-called Cogne case involved the death of three-year-old Samuele Lorenzi on 31 January 2002 while sleeping in his parents' bed in his family home in the mountain village of Cogne, in Aosta Valley, northern Italy. The cause of death was found to be a blow to the skull...
whose victim was the 3 year old baby Samuele Lorenzi, killed by his mother, Annamaria Franzoni.