Fondation Pierre Gianadda
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, inaugurated in 1978, administers museums and exhibitions located in Martigny, Switzerland. The permanent exhibitions include the Automobile Museum, Gallo-Roman Museum, Louis and Evelyn Franck Collection, Sculpture Park, and Chagall Court.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda
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- Dixon Gallery and Gardens
- Founded
- 1976
- Headquarters
- Switzerland
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• Name — Dixon Gallery and Gardens • Mapframe Zoom — 12 • Location — Martigny, Switzerland
History
History
• Illustration — Interior photo of the "Fondation Pierre Gianadda" building The Foundation was founded by Léonard Gianadda in memory of his younger brother Pierre, who was killed in an airplane crash in 1976.
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Fondation Pierre Gianadda (established 1976) is an organisation documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The founding of Fondation Pierre Gianadda is dated 1976.
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1976
Fondation Pierre Gianadda established.
1976
Fondation Pierre Gianadda is recorded from 1976.
1983
La Fondation Pierre Gianadda (1983) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q687778: Fondation Pierre Gianadda
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091328-2, Fondation Pierre Gianadda.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091328-2, Fondation Pierre Gianadda.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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