European heritage day – Clos Parchet ecomuseum

Come and visit the Ecomusée Farm! Get into a traditional farm rich of a period collection of daily items. You will go back to the past of a farmers' family from the Upper Giffre valley. The visit ends with a free tasting session (the visit lastes 2 hours).

Age minimum : 4 ans

Heritage days

Visit and discussion with Jean-François Lyon-Caen (architect, ENSAG), Claudine Barrioz (Maisons Paysannes) and Dominique Abry-Deffayet (ethnolinguist). On the occasion of the 2025 European Heritage Days on the theme of Architectural Heritage, the Friends of the Clos Parchet Ecomuseum Farm invite you to this afternoon of visits and discussions on the spatial and constructive composition of the Savoyard peasant house. Jean-François Lyon-Caen is an architect and founder of the "Mountains, Architecture and Landscape" research master's program at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Grenoble (ENSAG). Claudine Barrioz is departmental delegate for the Pays de Savoie region of Maisons Paysannes de France, a national association for the preservation of built and landscaped rural heritage. Dominique Abry-Deffayet is an ethnolinguist. Together, they will present the specific features of local materials and traditional architecture in the Giffre valley.