Fondation Gianadda, Martigny, on now till June 13, 2011
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The Fondation Pierre Gianadda presents 120 paintings and drawings documenting the evolution of painting since the days of Jean-Baptiste Carot (1796-1875). With focus on French impressionism, the exhibition of selected works on loan from an anonymous private collector include works by Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Signac, Sam Szafran, Pissarro and Maurice Denis.
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Legendary St Bernard dogs find a home
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The institution also takes a look at the Great St Bernard Hospice high in the Alps, where the dogs earned their legendary status as lifesavers of travellers lost in the snow. At the end of 2004, the friars at the hospice said a lack of manpower meant they would have to give up their world…
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Gladiators have been proving that they can still pull the crowds in Switzerland, 2000 years after their heyday. At a spectacle in the Roman amphitheatre in Martigny, the audience got ready with their thumbs to seal the fate of the competitors. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch)
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