PScheduled for Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September, the 41st edition of the European Heritage Days will include several highlights in the towns of Samoëns and Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval.
During this cultural weekend, the Friends of the Clos-Parchet Ecomuseum association and the heritage guides will welcome the public every day at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. for guided tours (on the theme of old-fashioned evenings) of this old farm built on the southern slope of Samoëns (free entry).
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Saturday and Sunday at 3pm, a conference will focus on the Legendary Tales of the Giffre Valley. This talk will be led by ethnologist Alice Joisten and linguist Dominique Abry-Deffayet. Another conference, but this time scheduled in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval this Saturday, September 21 at 6pm (free entry to the Reine des Alpes).
The life and work of Pierre-Marie Moccand
Teacher-researcher Baptiste Brun will discuss the life and work of Pierre-Marie Moccand (1869-1942) aka Pierre au Merle. An original artist, this atypical Sizeret was a precursor of tourist activity. He is notably responsible for the wooden carousel exhibited on the bank of the small pond located below the town hall. The exhibition Once upon a time… in Sixt will be on display at the old abbey on Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Finally, as part of the operation Faites parler vos greniers (Make your attics speak), this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (at the Reine des Alpes), residents are invited to lend their archives concerning the history of the village. Once digitized, the documents will be returned to their owners.
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