Gressoney-La-Trinité
| Gressoney-La-Trinité | ||
|---|---|---|
| Comune | ||
| Comune di Gressoney-La-Trinité Commune de Gressoney-La-Trinité Gemeinde Gressoney-La-Trinité |
||
|
||
 Gressoney-La-Trinité
|
||
| Coordinates: 45°50′N 7°50′E / 45.833°N 7.833°ECoordinates: 45°50′N 7°50′E / 45.833°N 7.833°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Valle d'Aosta | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | none | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 65 km2 (25 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,635 m (5,364 ft) | |
| Population (31 December 2006) | ||
| • Total | 304 | |
| • Density | 4.7/km2 (12/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Gressonards | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 11020 | |
| Dialing code | 0125 | |
| Website | Official website | |
.svg)
Gressoney-La-Trinité (Walser German: Greschòney Drifaltigkeit or Creschnau Drifaltigkeit) is a town and comune in the Val de Gressoney, part of the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy.
At an elevation of 1,635 metres (5,364 ft) above sea level, Gressoney-La-Trinité is the highest village in the Val de Gressoney, the valley of the river Lys.
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.
Though historically Gressoney-La-Trinité and Gressoney-Saint-Jean are two separate comunes, they form a Walser German cultural unity known as Greschòney or Creschnau in Greschoneytitsch (or simply Titsch), the local Walser German dialect, or Kressenau in German. They were united into one commune named Gressoney from 1928 until 1946, when the two former communes were reconstituted.
An example of Greschòneytitsch:
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,
...
Wikipedia