Arch of Augustus, standing in Piazza Arco d'Augusto in Aosta, has long been not only one of the major tourist attractions of the city, but also its peculiar character, against which necessarily photographed all visitors to the capital of the Italian region of Val d'Aosta.

Arc de Triomphe, dedicated to the Emperor Augustus, is located just over the bridge Bute on the road leading into the city through the ancient Porta Pretoria. This arch - one of the extant "contemporaries" of the mighty Roman Empire, whose troops in the 25th BC salassov defeated tribes and their settlement on the site of a new colony.

An impressive building in the style of "the late republic" is a semi-circular arch width of about 9 meters, which is equal to the width of the road. The columns supporting it on four sides, decorated with Corinthian capitals. Initially, the surface of the arches and columns were covered with reliefs of the imperial trophies. Doric architrave with triglyphs and metopes crowns the top of the arch, which for centuries had the attic, and it is visible commemorative inscription.

In the Middle Ages the Arch of August called "Saint-Wu" because of the image Savoir, which was later replaced with a cross (the original cross today is kept in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta). In 1716, the year the monument to protect it from the water covered slate roof, and two centuries later - in 1912-13-m respectively - a monument carefully restored. Then, in the early 20th century, the light were removed two huge gilded bronze letters - probably earlier they were part of the dedicatory inscription.

Another Roman arch of the Val d'Aosta, noteworthy, is located in the town of Donnas. She is on the road Konsolare delle Galle, which was built in Roman times to link the capital of the empire from the Valle del kind. The arch is carved into the rock 221 meters long. At the height of the arch is 4 meters, the same width and the distance between its side walls is equal to almost three meters. In the Middle Ages, this passage was closed for the night. Today, next to the arch you can still see the ruts left by carts laden, and a little away from it - mile stone with the figure «XXXVI», which marked the distance from Donnas to Aosta (50 km).