Pila
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.- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Aosta Valley
- Also known as: “Pila (Aostadal)”, “Pila (Gressan)”, and “Pila, Aosta Valley”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Eremo di San Grato and Tour de Villa Castle.
Tour de Villa Castle
Castle
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. Tour de Villa Castle is situated 3½ km northwest of Pila.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pompiod and Aymavilles.
Pila
- Categories: frazione, ski area, and locality
- Location: Gressan, Province of Aosta, Aosta Valley, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.68727° or 45° 41′ 14″ north
Longitude
7.31082° or 7° 18′ 39″ east
Open location code
8FQ9M8P6+W8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Pila” goes by many names.
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: San Lorenzo and Pos.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Chiesa di San Lorenzo and Centro Traumatologico - Pila.
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