Valle d'Aosta: the Impressive Fortress of Bard

Fortress of Bard, Valle d'Aosta (Italy)

Welcome, my friends!
Very happy to have you here again on my blog My Own Italy , to discover Italy with my personal touch!
Today I'd like to introduce you to Fortress of Bard.

View from the lift, Fortress of Bard

The Fortress is an impressive work of barrage, built to the Valle d'Aosta , in the north west of Italy.
This Savoy fortress fully occupies the strategic rocky outcrop that blocks access through the valley.  

The current fort was built between 1830 and 1838 on the ruins of a castle destroyed in 1800 by the troops of Napoleon. 

The Fortress of Bard, Italy

The fortress is a perfect example of military architecture of the time, possessed of powerful artillery housed in bunkers placed on different levels.  

It could accommodate 416 men and had stocks to withstand a siege of three months. We must say that this fortress was never the scene of clashes and was then preserved virtually intact!
  

The Fortress of Bard

Some numbers are enough to give you an idea of ​​the size of this bastion: 14.467 square meters, 283 rooms, 106 m altitude, 806 steps, 2.036 square meters of courtyards, 9.000 square meters of roofs, 1.295 square meters of corridors, 385 doors, 323 windows and 296 slots!!
 

The Museum od The Alpes, Aosta (Italy)

Since the end of the nineteenth century the fort gradually lost its importance war and was sent first to prison and then to military munitions depot.
Today you can visit the Fortress and the Museum of The Alpes .

You can discover the Alpes and get to know the mountain in an interactive, multimedia and multidisciplinary journey.

The Fortress of Bard, entrance (Italy)

It is an avant-garde museum space telling the story of a living, breathing mountain transformed in the hands of mankind.

Tradition and modern technology are fused together to take you on a voyage into time and space where the sets are brought alive through visual projections, sounds and interactive multimedia games. 

My sons and I at The Fortress of Bard

It was a so exiting experience for me, and I enjoyed it very much.
Will you enjoy too? 
Let me know :-)

Ciao, 
Carlotta