SESTRIERE (home of the Winter Olympics games 2006)

And the highest of places in the Milky Way and lies at an altitude of 2035 meters. The town stands on the Colle del Sestriere, at the foot of Mount Sises and is surrounded by mountains Banchetta and Fraiteve. The town Sestriere was born in the early '30s and is today a modern tourist center, ideal for those who love snow and want to experience the thrill of skiing on the slopes that have hosted major sporting events: the countless competitions for World Cup Alpine Ski and Snowboard Championships Alpine Ski World '97. But Sestriere is not only for athletics and great champions, the tracks are numerous and suitable for all levels.

Sestriere is situated on the Sestrieri-hill that connects the valley of Chisone and Valle di Susa. It is dominated in the northwest by  Mount Fraiteve (2701 m) in the southeast by Mount Sises (2658 m)  by Punta Rognosa of Sestriere (3280 m) and Mount Motta (2850 m). The inhabitets areas are Sestriere Colle,  Sestriere Borgata, and in the valley of Chisone  Col du Champlas and Champlas Janvier in the valley of Susa.

The origins of Sestriere is very recent. The town was founded by royal decree in fact October 18, 1934 on land the village Sauze di Cesana, separated from the Municipality of Cesana, the former town of Champlas du Col, who became a village, hamlet and village, separated from the town of Pragelato.

Since 1930 Giovanni Agnelli, the founder of Fiat, which had bought land, for 40 cents a squaremeter, built two hotels (known as the towers) designed by Vittorio Bonadè-Bottino, which follow the themes of Rationalism of the Italian era, with three skilifts/ cable cars, directly to the mountains Banchetta, Sises and Fraiteve.

The administrative life of the town began on January 1, 1935: it was designed a badge for the occasion, with a black band and a green, and in the middle a pair of skis to be the simbol of the winter resort of Sestriere and the first mayor was Paul Frá.

During the thirties were also constructed a new path, a springboard for the ski jump, another hotel, "Principi di Piemonte" and a prestigious 18-hole golf course (the highest in Europe).

This development was interrupted by World War II, which blocked the tourism and damaged the facilities. The reconstruction began in the fifties, led by Giovanni Nasi (nephew of Senator Agnelli and mayor from 1948 to 1980) and there were built new ski lifts and chair lifts.

Since 1967, many competitions are held like the Alpine Skiing World Cup, and  in 1997 and in February 2006 hosted the alpine skiing events of the XX Olympic Winter Games.

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