Settlement of a gentle sloping clearing, dedicated to agropastoralism, wheat and straw, the village of Les Combes overlooks the town of Arvier, but is part of Introd. The traditional architecture here is essentially stone, made up of large buildings whose evolution unfolds from the Early Middle Ages to the XIX century. Different robust stone buildings from the XV century are preserved in the village centre, with a wooden barn alongside it here and there. Some rural buildings exhibit drainpipes supported by circular stone columns.

This architectural characteristic is placed in relation to the prestige of the noble estate of Introd Castle, the Ola, whose imposing appearance has influenced building masters who have built rural buildings in nearby towns, in the Rhêmes valley and, occasionally, important houses throughout the Valle d'Aosta and the extremely close by Savoiard Tarantasia. These columns represent power and bear witness to the fact that these houses with their rural appearance were inhabited by a judge, a castellan and notary. They were built by expert building masters mainly from the Lys Valley, Gaby and Issime, the home towns of seasonal emigrants, skilled in working with stone, from the XVI to the XIX century.