Fontainemore (; Valdôtain: or locally Fountramoura; Issime ) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Toponym The toponym "Fontainemore" may derive from an old fountain called in French as « Fontaine de Saint-Maur » or « Fontaine de la mort ».Office du tourisme de la Vallée d'Aoste.
Fontainemore was renamed "Fontanamora" in Italian in 1939 during Fascist rule in Italy. It was reverted to its original name in 1946.
Geography
Fontainemore is located in the middle of the Lys Valley, near the chasm known as . It is the most eastern municipality of the Aosta Valley.
See also
Barma Lake
References