Becca di Nona (french: Pic de Nona) is a peak in the
Graian Alps of the
Aosta Valley in north-western
Italy. Together with
Monte Emilius, it is one of the main mountains visible from
Aosta looking southwards.
History
This mountain was known in the past as ''Pic de douze heures'', that is to say "12 p.m. peak" in
French
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, as the sun stands right on top of it at noon.
In 1857, the Aostan doctor
Laurent Cerise nominated it ''Pic Carrel'', to dedicate it to Valdotainian prior
Georges Carrel Georges may refer to:
Places
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, but his proposal was not accepted.
The
hagiography
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of
St Anselm
Anselm of Canterbury, OSB (; 1033/4–1109), also called ( it, Anselmo d'Aosta, link=no) after his birthplace and (french: Anselme du Bec, link=no) after his monastery, was an Italian Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher and theologian of ...
written by his
chaplain
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Eadmer records that, when he was a child, he had a
mystical vision of
God and his court on the mountain.
Sports
At the top is a
cast iron statue of St. Mary. Every year a running race, the ''Becca di Nona Skyrace'' or ''Skyrace Ville d'Aoste'', is organized starting from Émile Chanoux square in Aosta, arriving to the peak and returning to the city.
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Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Aosta Valley
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