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Gressoney-Saint-Jean (Gressoney wae, Greschòney Zer Chilchu; frp, Gressonèy-Sèn-Dzan; german: Kressenau Sankt Johann) is a
town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...
and ''
comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' in the
Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French ...
region of north-western
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.


Geography

The town is situated in a valley formed by the torrent Lys which is fed by the Lys glacier.


History, Walser culture and language

Though Gressoney-Saint-Jean and
Gressoney-La-Trinité Gressoney-La-Trinité (Gressoney wae, Greschòney Drifaltigkeit or ; frp, Gressonèy-La-Trinità) is a town or ''commune'' and renowned alpine resort at the foot of Monte Rosa in the Val de Gressoney, which is part of the Aosta Valley region of ...
form two separate ''
comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
s'' they form a
Walser German Walser German (german: Walserdeutsch) and Walliser German (, locally ) are a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in parts of Switzerland (Valais, Ticino, Grisons), Italy (Piedmont, Aosta Valley), Liechtenstein (Triesenberg, Planken), an ...
cultural unity known as or in (or simply ), the local Walser German dialect, or in German. Image:Castello di Savoia - Gressoney-St.Jean.jpg, The Savoy castle File:Plaque inondation Gressoney-St-Jean.JPG, Memorial plaque of the 1868 flood written in German and Italian In 1868, the Lys flooded the village. From 1928 until 1946 the two were united into one commune, officially named Gressoney, which from 1939 onward was Italianized as ''Gressonei''. After WWII, the two former communes were reconstituted.R.D. 22 luglio 1939, n. 1442
/ref> An example of Greschòneytitsch:


Points of interest

* Savoy Castle, a former summer residence of the
House of Savoy The House of Savoy ( it, Casa Savoia) was a royal dynasty that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, the family grew in power from ruling a small Alpine county north-west of Italy to absolute rule of ...
* Savoy Castle Alpine Botanical Garden, an alpine
botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
within the grounds of Savoy Castle * Villa Margherita, a former nobles' residence and currently the town hall


References


External links


Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Tourist information www.gressoneyonline.it (Italian), retrieved 9 August 2017 Cities and towns in Aosta Valley Ski areas and resorts in Italy {{Aosta-geo-stub