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Rascard in the hamlet of Vollon
This rascard (or typical building of the Val d’Ayas) is located on the Northeastern part of the village and, on its right side, has recently built annexes.The wooden part holds a secon…
Yonzo House
Yonzo house, currently the town library, is in the centre of the village. It was a farmhouse that included both living quarters and rooms for farming activities in addition to a shop and…
Graines Castle
The ancient building still shows the remains of the east-facing minor Romanesque church, dedicated to Saint Martin and its boundary walls on either side of the nave. Worthy of note are also th…
Extrapieraz Chapel
Dedicated to Our Lady of the Snow, it is dated 1880 and conserves even older elements: an eighteenth-century altar, a satin, eighteenth-century planet and a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary wit…
Fenilia Chapel
Dated 1870 and renovated around twenty years ago. It was built in 1677 in honour of St. Gratus. In 1714 the chapel was dedicated to St. Matthew. It still hosts a wooden statue of St. Gratus an…
La Croix Chapel
Dedicated to Our Lady of the Snow, it is dated 1880 and conserves even older elements: an eighteenth-century altar, a satin, eighteenth-century planet and a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary wit…
Parish church of San Maurizio
The 15th century church of San Maurizio was rebuilt between 1870 and 1873.
The octagonal pyramid-shaped spire of the bell tower by Brusson was rebuilt i…
Pont de Massoere – Borna du diable – Bois du Dot
PONT DE MASSOERE: legend has it that when a bridal procession crossed this bridge the groom had to carry the bride on his shoulders or else she would fall victim to the curses of the fairies tha…
The passage of Napoleon
Legend has it that in May 1800 Napoleon casually met with the Austrian commander, De-Breux, to negotiate the passage of the French troops from Fort Bard.
Napoleon shrewdly entertained th…
The treasure and castellans of Graines
The history of Graines castle is well documented, but its fairy-tale appearance and perched position have also given rise to imaginativ…
