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One of the most picturesque characteristics of Valais, they are the “raccards” with wood pillars, high on a cellar in masonry. These pillars, called pintails, are surmounted large round stones. The purpose of these broad stones were to prevent the famished rodents, such as rats, field mice and other small beasts, to climb in the raccard and to devour the invaluable food there stored. The interior contains a surface and an attic. The first is used to beat the grain (rye, barley, oats), which one separates from the ball in a van; then the straw is piled up. The attic shelters the provisions of the mountain dweller: dried meat, sausages and hams, and the tasty cheeses which it let refine. Currently, many raccards are forsaken; because the meat products, fresh or dried meat, can be bought with the store into the most insulated villages, and even the cheese parts are not any more manages preserved in the attics. One can be delighted when these raccards abandoned is not demolished; there is even which is transformed into country cottages of holidays with much of care, so that the raccard valaisan, thus maintained in its structure and its aspect with the periphery of the localities, survives. Leave a Comment
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All over the Canton of Valais you'll see this old Granary, which are built this way, that Rats cannot get into the Granary. I just love that style. Typical Swiss! Leave a Comment
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At the walls of some buildings you still find the old tools, used to produce Food! Leave a Comment
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Mountaineering is a way of life for many in Zermatt and for visitors. Many attempts on climbing the Matterhorn are recorded in the local Alpine Musem. There are tales of courage and victory as well as tragedy. The most famous accident was in 1865 when a rope broke and killed 4 out of the 7 climbing party.
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