AYAS MUSEO DIFFUSO

Municipality of Ayas (2022–2024)
Alex Brunod – Mayor
Corinne Favre – Councillor for Tourism
Francesca Merlet – Deputy Mayor with responsibility for Sports, Culture and Education
Annalisa Obert – Councillor for Territory, Environment, Urban Planning and Agriculture
Maurizio Obert – Councillor for Public Works
Michela Giuliano – Municipal Councillor and President of the Ayas Library

in collaboration with

Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, Department of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Education System and Policies for Intergenerational Relations,
Department of Superintendence for Cultural Heritage and Activities

Historical and Artistic Heritage and Cultural Site Management
Library System and Regional Historical Archive
Catalogue Office and Iconographic and Documentary Archives
Exhibition Activities and Promotion of Cultural Identity – BREL Bureau Régional Ethnologie et Linguistique

The data relating to rural architecture derive from the survey of the historical heritage of minor architecture carried out between 1987 and 1997, commissioned by the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage and Activities of the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley in order to study and document the characteristics of historic settlements, under the scientific direction of architect Claudine Remacle. The data relating to rural architecture derive from the survey of the historical heritage of minor architecture carried out between 1987 and 1997, commissioned by the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage and Activities of the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley in order to study and document the characteristics of historic settlements, under the scientific direction of architect Claudine Remacle.
The cataloguing work was made available to the Municipality of Ayas for Ayas Open-Air Museum by: Department of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Education System and Policies for Intergenerational Relations – Cultural Heritage Catalogue Fund, under concession from the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley.The thematic maps and digitized images are available online through the regional information systems as part of the Far Conoscere – Faire Connaître project.

Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, Regional Multimedia Library

The Regional Multimedia Library is an online catalogue created with the aim of enhancing the rich iconographic heritage preserved in the archives of various departments of the Regional Administration. The project, coordinated by the Department for Innovation and Digital Agenda, brings together the individual regional collections into a single and user-friendly web platform and contains extensive documentation on Ayas.

Diocesi di Aosta, Ufficio Beni Culturali Ecclesiastici e Edilizia di Culto
Biblioteca di Ayas
Consorzio Turistico Val d’Ayas Monterosa
Associazione Monterosa Racconta
Associazione Ayas Culture et Tradition
Un tempo in Ayas https://untempo-inayas.it

 

Organizational Coordination

 

Corinne Favre

 

Scientific Committee

Saverio Favre
con
Roberta Bordon
Luigi Capra
Mauro Cortelazzo
Danilo Marco
Silvio Rollandin
Annibale Salsa
Rodolfo Soncini Sessa

 

Concept

Corinne Favre
Elisabetta Franchi
Carla Greco
Michela Scibilia

 

Graphic and Communication Design

Michela Scibilia

 

Research and Editing

Carla Greco

 

French Translation of General Texts

 

Francesca Napolitano

 

Drone Photography of Ayas

 

Xiaojun Kang – Consorzio Turistico val d’Ayas Monte Rosa

The other images of the villages were taken during field surveys.

 

Acknowledgements

Susanna Belley – BREL
Danila Cugnod – Livres et Musique,Champoluc
Ivana Cuneaz – BREL
Francesco Deambrogi – Monterosa Racconta
Cristina De La Pierre – già Soprintendente ai beni e alle attività culturali VdA
Alfredo Favre – Guide alpine Champoluc-Ayas
Cristina Merlet – Biblioteca di Ayas
Paola Marin e Patrizia Mondino – partecipanti alla schedatura dell’architettura rurale VdA
Giuseppe Obert – Museo di arte sacra, Antagnod
Nives Raisin – Soprintendenza per i beni e le attività culturali della Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta
Marco Vallino – Consorzio Turistico Val d’Ayas Monterosa

 

and also for the mill and oven of Lignod

 

Luciano Becquet, “baker”
Marc Obert, “miller”
Massimiliano Siracusa, “bread maker”

 

special thanks to

Laura Aliprandi
Marco Sitia
Giovanni Thumiger
Paolo Vitelli
Rita Visendaz

Finally, thanks are extended to all the citizens of Ayas who have contributed, and who will continue to contribute, their knowledge and memories to Ayas Museo Diffuso