1.700 meters
Palouettaz Palouetta
Les Fusines Li Fejeune – 1.700 m
Blanchard Biantchart – 1.724 m
Rovinal Rovénal – 1.709 m
Praz-Sec Pra-Sec – 1.700 m
Les Péyoz Li Péyo – 1.725 m
Les Droles Li Drole – 1.757 m
Bernosin Bernozìn – 1.750 m
Peaceful and sunny, the village of Palouettaz (Palouetta in patois) forms almost a single settlement with the more important village of Magnéaz, although in the past it had its own communal oven for baking bread.
Map of Palouettaz
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Palouettaz was the birthplace of several distinguished figures, including Jean-Pierre Alliod (1709–1763), known as ‘le Romain’ (‘the Roman’), son of Jean-Martin, a notary and judge, Doctor of Theology and academic at La Sapienza University in Rome, and Pierre-Joseph Alliod (1830–1898), who graduated in medicine in Turin and then returned to the Aosta Valley, where he was employed at the Mauriziano Hospital in Aosta. There he distinguished himself for his outstanding professional skills and scientific achievements, earning him the titles of Knight of the Crown of Italy and Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. In 1867, he was the first to diagnose the cholera outbreak that had struck the valley.
