GPNP visitors centre - Valsavarenche

Gran Paradiso National Park Visitors Centre of Valsavarenche  presents different topics related to the life, survival, activity and presence of predators which live in the territory.
The visit concentrates particularly on the lynx and examines the rapid extinction of this animal in Europe and its revival thanks to a slow but steady resettlement which started in the 1970s.
How important are a predator's senses for its daily search for food?  How does the presence of the lynx influence the settlement of the chamoix within the Gran Paradiso National Park?  
These are two of the many questions which the Centre tries to answer, using sounds and images which help the visitor to examine the presence and the life of the predators in the Park.
Finally, the exhibition proposes four realistic settings showing the various habitats of big and small predators and their possible prey.
During its opening hours a professional Guide is available to provide detailed and precise information.

The exhibition Two brothers and a valley: Federico and Renato Chabod – Valsavarenche, Held between the 3rd of July and the 12th of September 2010, was a tribute to two important figures from Valsavarenche, who throughout the 20th century played an important part in various areas: culture, politics, mountaineering…
The show included a film that retraces the most significant moments in Federico Chabod’s life through photographs and captions, with Music by Mozart, his favourite composer. The exhibition also presented 14 paintings by Renato Chabod, as well as photographs, personal objects and family mementoes. The exhibition was organised by Fondation Grand Paradis with the support of Valsavarenche municipality and in collaboration with the Historical Institute of the Resistance and contemporary society of Aosta Valley and the Regional Department of Education and Culture. The exhibition was possible also thanks to the idea and helpfulness of Adriana and Valeria Chabod, Renato’s daughters, who made the show’s handwritten captions.

Photo gallery of Valsavarenche Visitors Centre
Video about Federico Chabod and information about the exhibition "Two brothers and a valley"

Photo gallery of the exhibition "Eun Cou" - prima edizione - 2008
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