It was inaugurated in 2002 in the village of Marine, at the entrance to the Lys Valley.
It was installed in a panoramic position and every day the partisan bell rings at 9.15 to remind everyone that the first rifle shot was fired against the Nazi-fascists in Marine on 8 December 1943.
The bell is dedicated to Aurora “Lola” Vuillerminaz, a partisan shot in Villeneuve on October 16, 1944.
The bell represents the symbol of rebirth after the tragic period of Nazi-fascism and is itself a reminder that the cruel tragedy of war never repeats itself.
It stands in a suggestive position dominating the lower Lys Valley.
It is a destination for pilgrimages and a point of reference for popular devotion in Lower Aosta Valley and Upper Canavese.
The first documented evidence of the existence of a chapel on site dates back to the 13th century.
The building in its present shape dates from the first thirty years of the 18th century, a period in which it was completely rebuilt and decorated by Valsesia workers.
The sanctuary preserves valuable ex-votos (objects of sacred and non-sacred art offered as a gift to God), some of which also relate to the war and resistance events of the twentieth century.
Around Col Fenêtre, straddling the Municipalities of Perloz and Arnad, extends one of the few Aosta Valley stations of Pæonia officinalis, a species of southern European mountain origin, rare in the Alps and the Apennines and threatened by indiscriminate collection.
Already owned by the lords of Vallaise and enfeoffed to the local communities, in 1576 it was purchased by the inhabitants of Marine.
From that moment it was managed by the Confrérie des Rogations de Marine, together with the community bakery.
Restored later in 2000 and made open to visitors, it is no longer used, unlike the oven where bread is baked every year on the occasion of the Fehtadou Pan Ner (black bread festival), in the month of July.
It was inaugurated on the occasion of the 2001 Concours Cerlogne and collects furniture, documents and school objects from the old Marine school.
It looks like an early twentieth-century classroom: in addition to notebooks, pens and inkwells, there is a stove, a desk, a library cabinet and a picture depicting the king and queen and much other material.
There is also the historic blackboard with the marks left by the musket bullets fired by the fascist militias in the retaliation of 1 July 1944.
It is the highest peak of Perloz and belongs to the Sesia-Lanzo massif like other peaks located within the municipality.
On the summit, in 1901, a large cross was placed, to which in 1986 the sculptor Giuseppe Favre di Arnad added a sculpture depicting the dying Christ.
It is a hamlet located on a promontory in the lower Lys valley.
It is characterized by the splendid rural architecture and the open-air museum composed of works in wood and bronze by the sculptor Angelo Bettoni and other artists.
The bridge, perhaps already built in pre-Roman times, joins the two sides of the lower Lys valley.
Since the bridge overlooks a deep and dark gorge in which the Lys flows, the bridge has always been surrounded by a legendary aura.
Initially it was built in wood supported on the sides by stone and lime.
Later in 1721 it was built entirely in masonry, slightly upstream from the first construction of the same.
The work was carried out by Jean-Baptiste Gaydoz from Perloz, and Pierre Ferro from Valsesia.
A frescoed oratory was built in the center of the bridge, which still exists today, with the function of a gate.
It is probably one of the oldest towers in Aosta Valley: the structure is in Roman style and can be dated to around the year one thousand.
The complex, initially made up of the tower itself and a residential block, is enclosed within a wall.
The construction was then modified over the centuries: the boundary wall was used to build the church and the dungeon became its bell tower in 1878, while the house was transformed into the parish house.
The village of Perloz is characterized by two imposing castles and a central road that winds between two rows of houses.
In ancient times this road led those coming from Pont-Saint-Martin directly into the center of the town.
The Charles and Vallaise castles, built between the end of the 14th and the beginning of the 15th century, were the seats of the noble Vallaise family, which also exercised its jurisdiction over the territories of the current municipalities of Lillianes, Fontainemore and part of Pont- Saint-Martin.
The other houses in the village have many architectural details from the 14th and 15th centuries.
A monumental and magnificent wine press still testifies to the importance of viticulture in the village of Perloz as well.
Originally it was probably placed in an open space and then only in more recent times was it closed in a building in the middle of the houses.
In the past the church of Saint Sauveur played an important role since the parish of Perloz included the entire Lys valley.
Subsequently, starting from the end of the 1100s, some autonomous parishes were formed in the neighboring territories.
The date on which the church was built is not known with certainty, but according to some it dates back to 772, although it was probably built around the year 1000.
Of the first construction of the building, only remains the bell tower.
The base dates back to the 9th or 10th century but the elevations are more recent.
In the early 1600s the church was completely demolished to make room for a new one, built between 1616 and 1620 in the same place as the previous one.
The orientation of the building is different from the previous one which has remained almost intact up to the present day.
Its plan is rectangular and consists of a single nave divided into three ribbed vaults.
The main facade is frescoed with a painting depicting the Last Judgment dating back to 1676.
In 2021 the new museum of sacred art was inaugurated inside the Church.
The small museum space consists of 9 showcases, 4 of which are large, intended to house sacred furnishings belonging to the parish church or coming from the numerous chapels scattered throughout the area.
It is also possible to admire some wooden sculptures and numerous goldsmiths including chalices, a radial monstrance, processional crosses and reliquaries.
Among these objects there is a silver reliquary dating from the beginning of the 18th century containing a thorn from Christ’s crown which, according to the tradition, arrived in Perloz through a member of the Vallaise family.
The presence in the church of two highly prized chasubles dating from between the 15th and 16th centuries is owed precisely to the commissioning of the noble Vallaise family, who until 1522 had elected the church of Perloz as a privileged burial place.
In the 18th century, the building in which the wine press is located belonged to the Porté family of Perloz, rich in goods and properties.
Upon the death of Marie Jeanne Porté in 1897, by virtue of a testamentary bequest, her assets passed to the priest of Perloz, the canon Pierre Joseph Creux, so that he could set up a small refuge for the poor old people of the parish of S. Saveur in the domicile of Plan- de-Brun.
The ancient building was intended exclusively for agricultural use and today only some parts of it have been preserved.
The following are therefore visible: the room with the press, the space above it, which in the past had been used as a barn and the “Gra”.
The latter term refers to the room intended for drying the chestnuts to allow their conservation.
