Gressoney-La-Trinité is a town

Town

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 and comune

Comune

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in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy

Italy

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Geography

At an altitude of 1,635 m, Gressoney-La-Trinité is the highest village in the Lys Valley.

History

The area was settled by the Walser

Walser

The Walser are German-speaking people who live in the Alps of Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein and Austria. The Walser people are named after the Wallis , the uppermost Rhône River valley...

 people from the Valais

Valais

The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley...

. They left behind characteristic "Walser houses", or Stadel, buildings made of wood and stone sitting on short mushroom-shaped pillars.

Walser culture and language

Greschòney is one of the centres of Walser German

Walser German

The Walser language , also known as Walliser German , is a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in Walser settlements in parts of Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Austria and in the German-speaking part of the Canton of Wallis , in the uppermost Rhône valley.The terms Walser and...

and culture.

The Walser German spoken in Greschòney is a slightly different dialect from Walser spoken elsewhere.

Walser German	German	English
Endsche Attò das béscht em Hémmel, dass héilege sígge Dín Noame. Chéeme Dín Herrschaft.	Vater unser der Du bist im Himmel, geheiligt werde Dein Name. Dein Reich komme.	Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come,

External links

• www.gressoneyonline.it Official tourism information
• www.tourmonterosa.com Tour Monte Rosa - Matterhorn