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Hi! Thank you All for kind comments. Glad you liked the pics; most of the time I just carry a smartphone and take shots with it, sometimes though, I take a real camera with me 
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@ Danketck: Thanks. Yes, Mete is right it's a chamois (Rupicapra, rupicapra). Don't find a good translation for this in English, do you have any of these in U.S.?
@ Mete: Thanks! Actually what happened since some years it's the chamois population has grown rather big in numbers. They have re-introduced these a couple of decades ago and, missing predators, they thrived (and did some damage like semi-wild boars). There is a dedicated hunting seasons and hunters can subscribe to take down a quota. Now wolves and bears have come back and situation is improving. In the winter is common to see them coming down to lower altitudes to graze.
@ John A. Larsen: Thanks. Most of the houses in the villages nowadays have been transformed into summer houses. Few people live there all year long and most of them are either retired or run some type of activities very connected to the territory (tourism, small scale agriculture, breeding, food processing, etc.). All the villages are connected to the natural gas (methane) grid and this is the main source of heating. Hydroelectric power is also very common and houses run heating on this. Of course every house has a fireplace or a stove which run of wood (logs or pellet), tradition rules. Refurbishing of traditional house is very much regulated and a energy class need to be fulfilled (insulation, heating, flooring, etc.).
@ Bob W: Thank you. Photography it's just an hobby and I am an amateur, like for knives. This is a beautiful country and really every region is different. Mountain people might look reserved and gruff at first but they have a big heart!
@ Timw1: Please do! Did you train with the Alpini? I served during the '90ies, attended the Alpine Military School in Aosta (SMALP). Great days!
Take care!
.@ Danketck: Thanks. Yes, Mete is right it's a chamois (Rupicapra, rupicapra). Don't find a good translation for this in English, do you have any of these in U.S.?
@ Mete: Thanks! Actually what happened since some years it's the chamois population has grown rather big in numbers. They have re-introduced these a couple of decades ago and, missing predators, they thrived (and did some damage like semi-wild boars). There is a dedicated hunting seasons and hunters can subscribe to take down a quota. Now wolves and bears have come back and situation is improving. In the winter is common to see them coming down to lower altitudes to graze.
@ John A. Larsen: Thanks. Most of the houses in the villages nowadays have been transformed into summer houses. Few people live there all year long and most of them are either retired or run some type of activities very connected to the territory (tourism, small scale agriculture, breeding, food processing, etc.). All the villages are connected to the natural gas (methane) grid and this is the main source of heating. Hydroelectric power is also very common and houses run heating on this. Of course every house has a fireplace or a stove which run of wood (logs or pellet), tradition rules
. Refurbishing of traditional house is very much regulated and a energy class need to be fulfilled (insulation, heating, flooring, etc.).@ Bob W: Thank you. Photography it's just an hobby and I am an amateur, like for knives
. This is a beautiful country and really every region is different. Mountain people might look reserved and gruff at first but they have a big heart!@ Timw1: Please do! Did you train with the Alpini? I served during the '90ies, attended the Alpine Military School in Aosta (SMALP). Great days!
Take care!
