Heritage: Arvier

The hamlet of Leverogne has an interesting urban development of its medieval village, with different buildings worth seeing.Of particular historic interest are the frescoes dating back to 1497, recently restored, that represent the seven Works of Mercy on the outside walls of what once was a hospice for wayfarers.Climbing the path of the Dora di Valgrisenche, you can still see the remains of a Roman bridge.

In the hamlet of Planaval, at the start of Valgrisenche, you will find the fortified manor house of Rodolfo d’Avise, built in 1312.
The building has a rectangular plan and has a series of loopholes visible from the road that goes up the valley.

La Mothe castle dominates the village from the top of the hill.

Unfortunately only the four-sided tower remains intact, while the ruins of the round tower and the perimeter wall are still visible.
The current appearance estimates construction of the castle between the end of the 12th and the start of the 13th century, with important modifications in the 15th century. It was first mentioned in 1287, when Aimone de Arverio paid feudal homage to the count of Savoy. According to the tradition mentioned by 18th-century historian Jean-Baptiste De Tillier, the Savoy nobleman Aimar de la Mothe came to Val d’Aosta towards the end of the 13th century and married the heiress of the noble De Arverio family, thus gaining possession of the castle, before restoring it and giving it his own name.

The castle was built in 1271 by Anselmo and Aimone D´Avise on a steep promontory over the orographic right bank of the Dora Valgrisenche, in a position dominating the entrance to the valley of the same name.
Today it is reduce to ruins, but preserves the cylindrical tower, crowned with beautiful swallowtail battlements. It is still possible to see the remains of the ancient castle and the boundary wall.
Access is only possible on foot, along the path that leaves from the village of Grand Haury, just above Arvier.

According to an oral tradition, which has not been supported by any documental evidence, the church of Arvier was once located within the district of Leverogne. The church was later built under the castle with the monumental bell tower which appears, from a stylistic point of view, to date back to the 13th century. The current building is the fruit of the baroque restoration of the church, which came about during the course of the second half of the 17th century and was consecrated in 1701. Around the mid 19th century, the dome and the two sacristies were built.

The parish museum of sacred art
Established inside the church, it holds statues of saints and holy objects.

The shrine of Rochefort, dedicated to Maria Ausiliatrice (Our Lady Help of Christians) was erected at the end of the nineteenth century on the headland where the castle of the Lords of Avise once stood, it was already in ruins at the end of the 18th century.