Gressoney-La-Trinité

Gressoney-La-Trinité
—  Comune  —
Comune di Gressoney-La-Trinité
Commune de Gressoney-La-Trinité
Gemeinde Gressoney-La-Trinité

Coat of arms
Gressoney-La-Trinité
Location of Gressoney-La-Trinité in Italy
Coordinates:
Country Italy
Region Valle d'Aosta
Province none
Area
 • Total 65 km2 (25.1 sq mi)
Elevation 1,635 m (5,364 ft)
Population (31 December 2006)
 • Total 304
 • Density 4.7/km2 (12.1/sq mi)
Demonym Gressonards
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 11020
Dialing code 0125
Website Official website

Gressoney-La-Trinité (Walser German: Greschòney Drifaltigkeit, German: Kressnau Dreifaltigkeit) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western 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 people from the Valais. 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 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.[1]

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,

References

  1. ^ "Das Vaterunser auf Walserisch (Greschòney)" (in Walser German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2006. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaterunser_zimbrisch.JPG. Retrieved 2011-05-13. 

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