Valais

Farmhouses in Valais

The multi-storey block construction houses comprise living accommodation on several floors. New storeys were often simply added due to partitions of inheritances.
Ulrichen VS

Ulrichen VS

Stalls and storehouses were built separately to the house, the storehouses were placed on stilts. A circular stone slab, forming an overhang, is intercalated between the stilts and the granary to keep the mice away.
Reckingen VS

Reckingen VS