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Wine press
Located in the building of the Plan-Cerisier restaurant, this wine press is a typical example of the equipment that was used in most of the cellars of this hamlet, when wine was produced independently.

Cross

The mangonel
The mangonel is the oldest pendulum jet machine dating from the Middle Ages. Developed by the Saracens, it was after the first crusades that this technology was brought back to Europe to besiege castles and fortified towns.

Roundabout: Minotaur
This is a bronze sculpture by Hans Erni, Swiss painter, engraver and sculptor, born in Lucerne in 1909. The bronze was poured in 1999 by the Fonderia Artistica Marini, in Pietrasanta, using a plaster cast made in the same year.
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In 1994, the city acquired its first two roundabouts and did not rule out making a few more. It was then that Mr Gianadda proposed a global concept consisting in adorning each roundabout with a monumental sculpture.

The bombard cannon
The artillery gun appeared around the 13th century. At first, It was little used due to problems such as the ineffectiveness of the stone balls. In the 15th century, the Bureau brothers had the idea of replacing the stone balls with metal balls. This change of tactic transformed the artillery into a formidable weapon.
This bombard cannon is a large cast steel part. The mould was made from an original dated 1441.

SBB Martigny station
In the middle of the 19th century, the arrival of the railroad favoured the eastern side of the city’s development . The St-Gingolph> Martigny line was opened on 14 July 1859 and extended to Sion the year after. As the station was not yet built, a temporary station was installed near Simplon Avenue, then in 1878 the construction of the new station and an avenue along the Central Square axis began.

Roundabout, Compo. II
Sculpture by Yves Dana, Swiss artist, born in 1959 in Alexandria (Egypt).
Bronze, black patina, poured in 1998 by the Fonderia Artistica Mariani, in Pietrasanta, using a plaster cast made in 1997.
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Unlike the sculpture park of the Pierre Gianadda Foundation, all the sculptures that adorn the city's roundabouts are the works of Swiss artists.

La Bâtiaz district
An independent municipality until 1956, the La Bâtiaz district has approximately 600 inhabitants.
The village is mentioned in a document dating back to 1368. It was a must for people wishing to go from St-Maurice to Sion or vice versa because the La Bâtiaz bridge was the only crossing route, which made it easy to install a toll.
The district has several cafes and restaurants.

Wooden bridge
The last passable wooden bridge in Valais was first washed away by the Dranse floods in 1635, then by the Giétroz debacle in 1818. A new structure was built in 1829. It was covered in 1920 with larch arches, then, in 1948, footbridges were added on each side.
It is the last arched bridge in Valais still open to traffic.

Fountain + Barometer
The barometer is a measuring instrument, used in physics and meteorology, which is used to measure atmospheric pressure. It can also be used as an altimeter to determine the approximate altitude.

Bâtiaz Castle
The main tower and the enclosure were built towards the beginning of the 13th century, most likely under the direction of the bishop of Sion. After being burned down twice, in 1475 and in 1518, the castle was abandoned definitively. It was the subject of two renovation campaigns during the 20th century.
Since 2000, a tavern has been welcoming travellers and offers, from May to October, typical traditional cuisine.
Since 2019, the castle has also been the host of an escape game.

Montée aux drapeaux (exhibition)
In order to make the climb to the Bâtiaz Castle even more interesting, the department of culture of the City of Martigny has designed an outdoor exhibition that decorates the path. Each year, original works created for the occasion by an artist are presented in the form of flags.

Educational panel
Bâtiaz Castle
History / ambiance / gastronomy

Picnic area

Educational panel
The Rhône Elbow
The Rhône Elbow region marks the climatic transition between the Lake Geneva basin with a humid, rather oceanic climate, and central Valais, an intra-Alpine valley with a continental climate marked by low rainfall and intense sunshine. With the exception of the vineyards which make up most of the low hillside, the vegetation is steppe-like.

Educational panel
Characteristics of the hillside
You are in the most important vineyard on the left bank of the Rhône. The Martigny hillside benefits from environmental conditions conducive to growing vines. The terroir is characterised by good ventilation while being protected from the winds, ideal rainfall and a slope, which ensures, especially in autumn, maximum light.
The soil consists of limestone sediments, moraine deposits and scree of crystalline rock.

Martigny vineyard
The vineyard consists of 117 hectares in the municipality of Martigny. Gérald Besse is the major owner with his 13 hectares.
The introduction of vines in the Martigny region dates back to the Roman times, but traces of it are found only in the 14th century. From 1336, we find evidence of vines in Rossettan, Plan-Cerisier and Les Marques. Then, in the 16th century, the vines extended in the direction of the Bâtiaz Castle.

Plan-Cerisier restaurant
The restaurant offers a large terrace open to the Rhône valley.
It is a very popular restaurant offering tasty local dishes such as raclette or brisolée (dish made with roasted chestnuts) in autumn.

Village of Plan-Cerisier
The village of Plan-Cerisier presents an original vernacular architecture, made up of mazots with slate roofs. These very simple little houses served as temporary accommodation for the winemakers of Val de Bagnes, Salvan and Vallorcine, at the beginning of the 20th century. They consist of a cellar with a wine press and a living room with a fireplace.
Built so close to each other, these mazots today form a real labyrinth, a nice place to lose yourself.

Mazot-Museum
An association acquired this mazot in 1974 to turn it into a museum dedicated to the vine and wine. Thanks to the various objects offered by the inhabitants of Plan-Cerisier, the museum was inaugurated in March 1978.
The Mazot-Museum is open every Saturday from the beginning of May to the end of September from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. It also hosts two exhibitions of local artists per year.

Dioecious vine
The Wild Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera silvestris) is the ancestor of our grape varieties grown today. Only a few plants remain in Europe, including around fifteen here in Plan-Cerisier.
This plant loves to climb; it could easily reach the tops of the tallest trees.
Dioecious means that some vines are only male while others are only female, unlike today's hermaphrodite vines.

Roundabout: Triangle
This is a sculpture by Silvio Mattioli, a Swiss sculptor born in Winterthur in 1929. This sculpture is unique.
He is also the architect of several other works decorating the roundabouts of the city of Martigny.
Height: 13 m

Tour route
In 2016, the region hosted the Tour de France for a stage that will forever be etched in the memory of all cycling enthusiasts: the ascent to the Emosson dam, with stage winner Ilnur Zakarin.
The organisers decided to mark out the route: a first outside France.
You are at the start of the ascent to La Forclaz Pass (13 km at 7.9% average), which is followed by the final climb to Finhaut-Emosson (10.4 km at 8.4% average).

Wooden footbridge
Pedestrian access only

Bus stop
Name of the stop: Martigny-Croix, croisée
Ideal if you do not want to do the whole trail. You can easily return to the station from this stop.
Timetables on the site: www.cff.ch

Bus stop
Name of the stop: Martigny, Rossettan
Timetables on the website: www.cff.ch

Fromathèque
The Fromathèque is an agro-tourist pavilion, which is host to all the richness of the Valais region: cheeses (some are produced directly on the spot), wine bar and craft specialities.
You will find yourself in a contemporary and friendly decor, where it is possible to taste excellent local produce.

Dranse
The Dranse arises from the confluence between the Dranse d'Entremont and the Dranse de Bagnes in Sembrancher, at the foot of the Catogne. This river flows into the Rhône a few kilometres further down, at the elbow of the river.

Dry stone wall
The dry stone wall testifies to important works to establish cultivable surfaces, to tame the slope. In Valais, there are an estimated 1,500 km of dry stone walls.
Since the 2000s, in order to respond to the risk of the disappearance of dry stone walls and to rediscover expertise that is becoming scarce, Valais has paid particular attention to the maintenance and construction of these walls.

Cable car
This cable car is used to transport equipment, to facilitate work in the vineyards.

Louis Moret Foundation
The Louis Moret Foundation has existed since 1985. It is the culmination and sustainability of the activity of Louis Moret, interior designer, decorator, gallery owner, patron and collector, who died in 1987.
True to the spirit of its initiator, the Louis Moret Foundation organises and presents exhibitions of contemporary art, literary evenings and concerts.

Wooden footbridge

Bus stop
Name of the stop: Martigny, Bassin du Manoir
Timetables on the website: www.cff.ch

The educational panels for the Terraced-vineyard trail were funded by "L'Espace Mont-Blanc". It is a cross-border cooperation initiative bringing together Savoy, Haute-Savoie, Aosta Valley and Valais, engaging in the protection and enhancement of an emblematic territory with economic and tourist activities of international scope.

The Bâtiaz Chapel
The little chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Compassion hosts many colourful votive offerings but also magnificent stained glass windows fabricated by Father Kim en Joong.