Discover a preserved culture and architecture!
The region of Evolène is full of architectural treasures and holds on to its ancestral traditions. Several tourist activities in the region are linked to this built heritage!
Built Heritage Trail
Discover throughout the walk, unique building forms that adapt to the landscape and the environment, the dwelling houses, barns, barns and granaries, all different buildings, each with a particular function.
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Village visit
Discover the typical architecture of the villages of Evolène, accompanied by a guide. You will discover the way of life of the Evolénards of the last centuries and learn many details about the construction methods, the peculiarities of the buildings of the region.
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Museum visit
The Museum Foundation in Evolène, created in 1999, has assembled a collection representative of mountain life and presents, through its permanent and thematic exhibitions, the multiple components of local reality. All the objects come from the Evolène region.
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Marie Métrailler Workshop Foundation
The Marie Métrailler Workshop Foundation (FAMM) was created with the aim of acquiring and then restoring the weaving workshop that Marie Métrailler had opened in her native village, Evolène, in 1938 and whose activity ceased in the 1970s. By restoring this workshop, the foundation aims to promote and transmit the knowledge, know-how and traditions related to the work of the thread in the Val d'Hérens.
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