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Our Lady of the Snows at Mühnes
Resorts: Issime
- 11 a.m.: celebration of the Holy Mass in the pasture’s small chapel
- 12.30 p.m.: lunch with polenta
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Every year in Issime, as in many other villages of Valle d’Aosta, August 5 is the celebration the Madonna of the Snow.
Starting in the early morning, residents and visitors begin to climb the slopes of the Saint Grato deep valley until they reach the Mühnes chapel, at an altitude of 2007 meters. At approximately 11.00a.m. Holy Mass is celebrated and, afterwards, traditional polenta and milk are served to all. Local music from the Banda Musicale brightens the festivity.
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Issime
Churches and shrines
It is located in Mühni, at an altitude of 2006 meters, at the bottom of the valley of San Grato, where the path that leads to the Colle del Dondeuil begins.
Built as an ex-voto by the Chouquer brothers, who survived …
Issime
One-day excursions