Living the high life

Dignity, devotion and sacrifice

That’s the motto for St. Bernards

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That’s the motto for St. Bernards, the iconic rescue dogs that are famous for saving travellers gone astray in snowstorms. There’s a museum, which opened in 2005, dedicated to these exceptional animals, located at a traveller’s lodge that shares the same name in Martigny: Barryland. The museum is now being transformed into a 20,000 m2 theme park, scheduled to open in summer 2025. Work is well underway, and the main building (which is shaped like a paw print!) is almost complete. One of the five rooms is dedicated to Barry, the world’s most famous St. Bernard, who saved at least 40 people in the early 19th century.

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