Bardonecchia, Province of Torino, Piedmont

Info

• Altitude: 1,312 m a.s.l
• Population: about 3000 inhabitants
• Zip/postal code: 10052
• Dialing Area Code: +39 0122
• Frazioni & Localities: Fregiusia, Les Arnaus, Melezet, Millaures, Rochemolles e Pian del Sole.

What to see

• The Civic museum, a nineteenth-century building, was an ancient center of the communal house, changed into a museum since 1953 with items of the ancient culture of the ancient mountain people such as furniture and everyday objects; there is also a small section of sacred art and religious antiquities.
• The Museo Melezet
• The ancient Romanesque bell tower, attached to the parish Church of Sant'Ippolito
• The four sundials of Bardonecchia in Piazza Suspize, Via Herbarel, via Fiume and via Pasubio, vie del Borgo Vecchio.
• The Forte Bramafam, a military fortress started in 1874 and completed in 1899, with two towers for the cannons, divided into thr three sections called Piazza d'Armi, Forte principale and Avanforte, which today hosts a museum of Military Architecture.

Events and Festivities

Bardonecchia was one of the sites involved in the 2006 Winter Olympics Games, hosting the following events:
• Snowboarding.

Where to stay

• Hotels | Bed & Breakfasts
• Campsites | Vacation Rentals, Mountain Huts.