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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…
Casa Capriata – Mollino Refuge
Inaugurated in December 2014, Casa Capriata is a wholly original structure, built on three levels and raised above the ground – a modern reinterpretation of the Walser architecture of the uppe…
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…
Villa Margherita
The building was constructed in 1888 and designed by German engineers for the noble Beck Peccoz family. From 1889 to 1896, numerous members of the royal family, including the Queen of Italy…
Savoy Castle - Temporarily closed
Queen Margaret Castle stands at the foot of Ranzola hill, in the place known a…
Saint John the Baptist parish church
The parish of Gressoney-Saint-Jean was established in 1660 by Pope Alexander VI, who divided it from that of Issime, on which it depended up to that time. The church was built in 1515 on th…
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….
"Beck-Peccoz" Regional Museum of alpine fauna
In his testament drawn up in Augsburg and dated 11 February 1882, Baron Luigi Beck-Peccoz asked for his collection of trophies to be transported to Gressoney and arranged in a purposely-buil…
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…
