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Jupiter Column

Jupiter Column

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Jupiter Column

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Location: Séez, Albertville, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France

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1. Path of Remembrance

3.86km

01:05

80m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Chanousia Botanical Garden – Jupiter Column loop from La Thuile

8.92km

03:15

380m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Pointe de Lancebranlette – Lancebranlette 2936 m loop from La Thuile

10.8km

05:02

770m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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La Thuile - The Wild Side of Mont Blanc

March 6, 2024

When in the Year of Our Lord 1034 Saint Bernard of Menton entered the Canons of the Cathedral of Aosta, he was commissioned to build two new hospices for wayfarers: one along the road called Mont Joux (Great Saint Bernard Pass) and one to serve the road called Colonne Joux (Little Saint Bernard Pass). When Saint Bernard arrived in these places he found many pagan temples. One of these stood just beyond the Cromlech and was composed of a shrine and a triple external colonnade. On the highest of the columns was placed a magnificent stone of intense red color that had the power to capture the light of the dying sun on the day of the Equinox, creating flashes over a large part of the esplanade of the Hill. Called the eye of Graius and then the eye of Jupiter, it had been positioned at the time of the Salassi to worship their deities. According to legend, it was Saint Bernard himself who suppressed this pagan symbol by destroying the stone. In its place, a simple iron cross was first placed, then a statue of the saint.
This temple, of which only the foundations remain, was discovered in the 1930s during one of the first excavation campaigns at Colle. Numerous finds came to light (now exhibited at the Regional Archaeological Museum in Aosta), including silver plaques, coins, a votive plaque dedicated to Hercules and a silver bust depicting Jupiter Graioceles.

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Location: Séez, Albertville, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France

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Jupiter Column

1. Path of Remembrance

2. Chanousia Botanical Garden – Jupiter Column loop from La Thuile

3. Pointe de Lancebranlette – Lancebranlette 2936 m loop from La Thuile

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