Saillon

Roofs of Saillon

Saillon is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the French speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The former German name Schellon is no longer used today. The wine community has four thermal baths.

Mini Vineyard

The community is home to the smallest official vineyard of Switzerland, which lies on the Colline Ardente (, Burning hill ' ) above the medieval village core. The Vigne à Farinet is planted 1,615 m² and with three vines. He is the property of the Dalai Lama. The care take over public appeal celebrities such as Claudia Cardinale, Roger Moore, Zinédine Zidane and Michael Schumacher.

Marble

West of Saillon marble was recovered in a narrow layers situation since the second half of the 19th century. The underground mining station is about 400 meters above the village on a steep wall. Due to its appearance and the particularly difficult extraction situation he was in 1900 as one of the most unusual natural stones in Europe. Uses, it is next to examples in his region also in Bern (parliament building), Paris (Opéra Garnier ) and Aachen (cathedral, palace chapel ).

Personalities

  • Joseph- Samuel Farinet (1845-1880), smugglers and counterfeiters
  • Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), painter

Gallery

City ​​gate

Meeting house

Passerelle à Farinet

The hiding of Farinet

Saillon

View from the east of the city

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