{"id":721,"date":"2024-06-09T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sauzedoulx.net\/?page_id=721"},"modified":"2025-05-05T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:59:39","slug":"history-of-sauze-doulx","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sauzedoulx.net\/en\/about-sauze-doulx\/history-of-sauze-doulx\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Sauze d&#8217;Oulx"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4r3svd-41c906bad5abf00182f98d2b6cd7800a\">\n.avia-section.av-4r3svd-41c906bad5abf00182f98d2b6cd7800a{\nbackground-color:#f8f8f8;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-4r3svd-41c906bad5abf00182f98d2b6cd7800a main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-721'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4ijzup-3a4b4621ea9f41dd95bb1e1177a73a3c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-m0v6eitk-081fdb62b42b930f6c3f74a354852b27 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">History of Sauze d\u2019Oulx<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the Middle Ages Sauze was owned by the Benedictine monastery Novalesa Abbey. From 1000AD, it was part of the Dauphin\u00e9 and then of the Escartons Republic then, with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, France gave it to the House of Savoy. In 1747 the area was the scene of the Battle of Assietta between France and Savoy\u2019s Kingdom of Sardinia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4gc9hd-f7ff45bbe41a79aeecd147cd3d5f828b\">\n.avia-section.av-4gc9hd-f7ff45bbe41a79aeecd147cd3d5f828b{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-4gc9hd-f7ff45bbe41a79aeecd147cd3d5f828b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-721'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-46lz55-8dcac03f5d31113e5f107b04d207969d 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Commons<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3uod3d-eb3815daee275ca189eedc6eb967dc71\">\n.flex_column.av-3uod3d-eb3815daee275ca189eedc6eb967dc71{\nwidth:46.75%;\nmargin-left:0;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-3uod3d-eb3815daee275ca189eedc6eb967dc71 .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:6.5%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3uod3d-eb3815daee275ca189eedc6eb967dc71 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-m0v6i09y-3c6d87cd5fb522e8f4fe7d123a50ff20 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"leftaligncenter\">\n<h2>BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolfo_Kind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adolfo Kind<\/a> father of skiing in Sauze d&#8217;Oulx<\/p>\n<p>The high Susa valley and Sauze d\u2019Oulx in particular were the cradle of skiing in Italy. The Swiss engineer Adolfo Kind introduced the sport in 1896. As the sport became established, Placido Eydallin \u2013 a well-known and talented amateur photographer \u2013 opened the first ski hotel in 1919 called the Miravalle. Tourism soon became the main source of local wealth \u2013 especially in winter.<\/p>\n<p>During the Fascist era, in 1928, the village\u2019s name was changed to Salice d\u2019Ulzio, according to a wrong etymological interpretation of \u201cSauze\u201d as \u201csalice\u201d (Italian for willow). After World War II, the town became an autonomous commune and the previous name, Sauze d\u2019Oulx, was restored.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1960\u2019s, with the gradual reduction in farming, Sauze began to take on the face and identity of a modern and fully equipped tourist resort.<\/p>\n<div class=\"credittext\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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The celebrations are reminiscent of the fires lit by the ancient Celts who worshiped the sun god in an attempt to extend the hours of light just when, near the summer solstice, the days begin to shorten heralding the return of winter.<\/p>\n<p>In the not too distant past, the fires of St. John lit all the villages, alpine meadows and hills of the high Susa valley.<br \/>\nThe next day, at dawn, it was customary to go in damp meadows to wet your eyes with the dew to purify. Small bouquets of field flowers, arranged in a cross, were placed on the door of the house of its inhabitants granting protection. Meanwhile livestock grazed over the ashes of the fires in the hope of preserving paws and hooves from disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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The film\u2019s in Italian but the pictures should be enough to entertain you throughout. Sauze\u2019s referred to as \u2018Salice d\u2019Ulzio\u2019 \u2013 for an explanation of that see the history section of this Wikipedia page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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