Gressoney-La-Trinité
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Parish church of the Holy Trinity
Since its foundation in 1702, the church has been dedicated to the Holy Trinity, but its patron is Saint Francis Xavier, given that it could not be attributed the patronal title of the Three Divin…
The Lys Glacier and the city of Felik
Not always, in the past, have the glaciers blocked the upper hills of the Monte Rosa massif: numerous legends tell of pastures, cultivated fields and fields now covered with perennial snow and ice…
Walser Ecomuseum
The Ecomuseum is made up of three buildings that lead visitors on a voyage of discovery through the Walser culture:
Country House – Puròhus
Typical house from the 18th century, with th…
Le tipiche tradizioni walser per il capodanno
Dopo il Natale fervono i preparativi per festeggiare l’arrivo del Capodanno (Nujoahr).
In ogni casa si preparano i “chiechene”, dolci tradizionali (vedere ricette), che si offrono a coloro ch…
The Gressoney's traditional costume
In ancient times Gressoney’s women were used to wearing their traditional costume every day, even when they were working. Of course, it was not so elegant and so richly decorated as today’s costume…
Titsch: the German dialect from Gressoney
In addition to a particular lifestyle, Walser brought their language too. It is a variant of the Alemannian dialect, the most ancient stock among the German dialect groups.
This dialect is stil…
The stadel, old Walser buildings
The Valle del Lys, like other mountain valleys that surround the Monte Rosa, was populated, up until the Middel Ages, by a population of Germanic origins coming from the Upper Vallese:the Walser.This…
Gressoney folklore group
Il gruppo folkloristico di Gressoney è noto sia in Italia, sia all’estero per il suo antico e pittoresco costume, rinomato soprattutto per la preziosa cuffia ricamata interamente in filigrana d’oro….
Il costume tradizionale di Gressoney
Fotografie e testimonianze verbali raccolte tra le persone anziane, hanno permesso di appurare che il costume femminile gressonaro, oggi come allora fra i più ammirati per la sua eleganza…
