Culture

At the centre of the Roman town, was a fully notable’s detached house, with a central courtyard and private thermal baths.

Each season, the theatre offers a programme based on French-speaking contemporary entertainment.

This living museum enables the general public to enjoy a cultural experience including a rich moment in the presence of St Bernard dogs.

The last wooden bridge suitable for motor vehicles in Valais.

From the top of its tower, this Middle Ages fortification provides the most beautiful views of the town of Martigny.

The former hydroelectric power station in Fully has become a concert venue. The vertiginous volumes give a special dimension to performances.

The Caldarium was a room with hot water pools belonging to the thermal baths.

Im Wasserkraft-Museum von Châtelard erfahren Sie mehr über die Geschichte des Komplexes von Châtelard-Barberine.

A truly authentic hommage to Farinet, Valais’s Robin Hood, the museum displays the complete history of Swiss money, both real and false.

Remains of a large family mansion, with an inner ornamental garden surrounded by a colonnade.

Remains of Martigny’s first Christian buildings

This museum reveals the wealth of minerals found in the canton of Valais.

L’Espace Saint-Michel provides an admirable setting with its light and intimacy.

This mill, which is still working, enables visitors to understand how bread is produced.

At the heart of the rue du Bourg, there is a beautiful stained-glass window by artists who are established as well as those who will be in the future.

Nestling in a bohemian garden, this cultural centre has exhibtions by contemporary artists as well as organising an intimate music season.

Thanks to the inventor Marconi, Salvan has become the cradle of wireless telegraphy.

The multi-media library is also an exhibition centre and features audiovisual elements often from archives.

A Roman milestone engraved in the name of the Emperor Constantine.

The only sanctuary of Mithra, Sun god originating from Iran, open to the public on Swiss soil.

Situated at the heart of the Town Hall, this great stained-glass window reminds us of Martigny’s past.

With its stylistic homogeneity and architectural sobriety, this is one of the best examples of the baroque period in Valais.

Snuggling at the foot of the rock on which Bâtiaz Castle is situated, this place of worship possesses numerous wealthy objects.

This cultural centre, situated at the heart of a vast sculpture park, receives internationally famous exhibitions and concerts throughout the year.

Considered as the smallest vineyard museum in Switzerland, it highlights wine-growing in Martigny and Martigny-Croix.

In this art gallery, Prisca features suggestive works which leave the door open to interpretation. Certain of them are figurative while others are abstract.

Admirable stained-glass windows encircled by colours and light highlight the protestant temple. Floodlighting accentuates the artist’s work.

It is the only one of the ancient monuments whose remains are still visible in Martigny.

A cellar built at about the middle of the 1st century AD

Each of Martigny’s seventeen roundabouts are decorated with a sculpture by a Swiss artist. A unique artistic journey to be discovered by day and at night.

Limited excavations have enabled the 14 metres by 15 metres rue de la Basilique to be highlighted.

Discover 1500 years of history via an outstanding visit to the Royal Abbey of St Maurice.

The castle marks the entrance to the canton of Valais. Its highly strategic position used to enable it to control access to the region.

The museum traces popular village traditions like a witness for the younger generation.

This historic mill is still working. A single waterwheel activates about one hundred different mechanisms.

Set up under the Manor roof, this collection provides a passionate approach to the history of music from 1878 to the present day.

This vaulted cellar, situated in the middle of the Rue du Bourg, highlights the works which are exhibited there.

An exceptional collection of forty cars, with makes as prestigious as Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo…

The La Bâtiaz district is one of Martigny’s historic areas, found at the foot of the famous castle with the same name.

Martigny -Bourg is the oldest inhabited part of the town.

A Roman road

This residence was partly built at around 1440, and is the oldest in the town.

This cultural centre defends modern art and presents varied temporary exhibitions during the year.

This Lower Valais theatre stages Swiss francophone performances, welcoming well-known artists all the year round.

Headquarters for the local council and the district court.