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Hotel Jafferau
Hotel Jafferau oberhalb von Bardonecchia in etwa 1950 m Höhe. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Hotel Jafferau oberhalb von Bardonecchia in etwa 1950 m Höhe
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Bardonecchia
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Bardonecchia.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Bardonecchia (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Bardonecia ; Occitan: Bardonescha , French: Bardonnèche) is an Italian town and comune located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
The historic centre is set back and elevated (Borgo Vecchio), while the new part of town was built around the train station (Borgo Nuovo).
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Bardonecchia
It grew out of a small village with the works for the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, the first crossing the Alps.
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Panorama di Bardonecchia - Val di Susa - Provincia di Torino - Italy. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Panorama di Bardonecchia - Val di Susa - Provincia di Torino - Italy
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
2006
Winter becomes organised
The town hosted the snowboarding events of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Bardonecchia is recorded at 45.079° N, 6.694° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,800 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Hotel Jafferau
Hotel Jafferau oberhalb von Bardonecchia in etwa 1950 m Höhe. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Hotel Jafferau oberhalb von Bardonecchia in etwa 1950 m Höhe
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Bardonecchia now
The town has grown thanks to activities related to customs, logistics, and tourism; as a result, it has incorporated some neighbouring villages and thus is one of the largest towns in the Susa Valley.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Hotel Jafferau
AOD.EU.BARDONECCHIA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bardonecchia01
AOD.EU.BARDONECCHIA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Bardonecchia overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.