Champlan Dessous

Champlan Dessous is a hamlet in Gressan, Province of Aosta, Aosta Valley. Champlan Dessous is situated nearby to the hamlet Champlan dessus, as well as near Perriail.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapel of Moline and Tour de Villa Castle.

Chapel of Moline

Church

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Chapel of Moline is a church.

The Tour de Villa Castle, also long called the Tower of the Poor, is a private castle in the municipality of Gressan, Aosta Valley. It stands on a modest granite rock on the gentle slope that also hosts the village, west of the Côte de Gargantua, the lateral moraine of the Pila basin glacier at the end of the Gressan stream impluvium.

Town hall of Gressan

Town hall

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pila and Aosta.

Pila

Village

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pila is an Alpine ski-resort in the Aosta Valley region of northern Italy. It is a frazione of the comune of Gressan. There are more than 24 pistes, including 4 blue runs, 29 red runs and 4 black runs, with a pipe zone and a slopestyle zone. Pila is situated 2½ km south of Champlan Dessous.

Aosta

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Aosta is the capital of Italian autonomous region of Aosta Valley. The town is in a small valley with houses going up the slopes of the surrounding mountains.