The Lée copper mine |
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A remarkable testimony of the mining history of the Anniviers valley, the Lée copper mine lets you plunge deeply into the history of men and copper and the fascinating adventure of miners in the Alps. |
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The old house |
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The house, dating back to 1768, shows how people lived in the bygone days in the Alps above Zinal. On the top floor, furniture and artefacts illustrate life at that time. The typical cellar that the association ‘The Friends Of Old Zinal’ use as an exhibition area has a display of enlargements of very old photos. |
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3961 Zinal |
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St Barthélémy Chapel |
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| It was in 1899 that this chapel dedicated to Saint Barthélémy was built on the site of the old, smaller chapel dating back to 1515 and probably even before. Saint Barthélémy was chosen as he was the protector against fires and natural disasters. |
Services are held every Sunday at 5.30 p.m. during the high season. Moreover, in summer and winter there are various classical music concerts at the chapel.
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Madelaine Chalet |
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In Ayer |
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The village of Ayer, an unpretentious hamlet, is simple yet wealthy in the warmth of its hospitality and the generosity of its inhabitants. The Madelaine Chalet is a well-maintained old house dating back to the 17th century, inhabited up until the 1960’s. The house and village are witnesses to life in bygone days. |
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3961 Ayer |
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Ayer-Zinal twinned with Montferriez Sur Lez |
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| These towns were officially twinned in 1999. Since then each town takes it in turn to visit the other and the people of these two towns have now become friends. |
Ayer – Zinal is mountains. Montferriez Sur Lez (near Montpellier) is South, it’s the sea. The aim of the twinning of these towns was to open up two different cultures and mentalitites One of the mountains and the other the sea.
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Cholaïc Gallery |
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In Mission |
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| Selective exhibitions on the first floor of the Cholaïc café-restaurant in Mission. |
| Gallery closed on Sunday evening and all day Monday.
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