Gallery of Emotions in Nature

The Gallery of Emotions in Nature is a kind of Visitor Center in the village, within which a number of mostly living "dioramas" representing specific places and evocative moments have been created.

The intention is to arouse in those who observe them, special emotions, and this is where the choice of the name comes from.

Upon entering, after the reception, an evocative path begins with the representation of an autumn landscape crowned by the presence of an animatron representing theHomo selvadego of all places and times. A character who lived in the past between reality and legend. It is intended to attribute, to the one present in the diorama, the quality of not only being a savage isolated from the rest of the people, but of a wise, a nonconformist, a good guy, who came from no one knows where and was also able to teach the inhabitants arts and crafts.

Immediately afterwards a spring of water is encountered. Continuing on, there are two reconstructions of mountain landscapes, one summer with streams and a pond and the other winter. Below is another enchanting spring scenic painting with two lumberjacks intent on cutting down a tall tree as it was once done, without the use of modern chainsaws. In this very diorama, an ant farm is visible with live ants and section of their underground cells or inside the domed protection of the nest.

The walk inside the Gallery of Emotions continues with the opportunity to observe inside a large chest of drawers some collections of insects, minerals and gems.

All of a sudden, one enters the Alpine Prairie Hall to admire a faithful reconstruction of the typical environment above 2,000 meters above sea level, an alpine lake of more than 11 thousand liters with live trout and even a "milk hut" with an adjacent pond; underground marmot burrows with summering rooms, hibernation chambers, latrines and even "cemeteries" are also visible. Leaving the Alpine Prairie Hall, an autumn painting with chestnut and hazelnut groves and sunset can be seen as some deer bray in their "mating season" and some gnomes observe visitors.

This is a section intended especially for preschool children to tell them about nature in the form of a fairy tale. Leaving the gnomes, one almost enters an attic where a pair of barn owls are raising their chicks and moonlight enters through a roof hatch. Continuing on, there is a limited visit to a reconstruction of a mine that takes us inside an underground limestone cave with stalactites and stalagmites.

All these described settings are crowned by some monitors, also interactive, with naturalistic images and assisted by background music and noises and the possibility of listening to trivia directly from your smartphone. The scenic naturalistic paintings are by Artist Alcide Pancot. The visit does not end now, but one can visit an additional very bright room where some amphibians, rodents and reptiles are bred.

Finally, one can enter the Hall of Sensations, a small cinema where one can watch rotating films and experience exciting sensations such as, for example, simultaneously hearing and seeing the thunderstorm, the wind, the voices of animals, and in addition other wonders that Nature offers us on a daily basis and which, often, because of our busy lives, we fail to "enjoy."