Another year in Aosta's historic center sees the traditional Fiera di Sant'Orso welcoming thousands of artists and artisans from the Region of Valle d'Aosta showing off the fruits of their creative labor.

The fair has taken place since the Middle Ages, when the Collegiata di Sant'Orso put on this historic event. The tale has it that the fair got its start in front of the Collegiata or Collegiate Church of St. Ursus, right where St. Ursus handed out clothing and Sabot (tipical wooden stockings still seen in the Fiera today) to the poor.

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