Mémorial de la Compagnie du Lac

  • Historic site and monument
  • Military Patrimony
  • Military cemetery and memorial
  • 20th C
Elevation : 1650m
Parking du Col, 73620 Les Saisies
Discover the unique story of an extraordinary resistance cell.

This monument was inaugurated on 11 November 2020.
Between 1943 and 1944, hundreds of young people went up to La Girotte to help build the dam.

This group formed the Compagnie du Lac, commanded by Captain Jean Bulle and Captain Albert Escande, an engineer working on the site.

In addition to the training provided on site, these Resistance fighters took part in numerous battles in the run-up to the liberation. They also supervised the massive parachute drop from Les Saisies on 1 August 1944.

Services

Services

Animals accepted

Openings

Openings

All year 2025 - Open everyday

Location

Location

Mémorial de la Compagnie du Lac
Elevation : 1650m
Parking du Col, 73620 Les Saisies

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • French

Access

Access
  • The memorial is accessible from Belleville or the Col du Joly via the hamlet of Colombe: on foot (approx. 9km loop, 565m ascent, approx. 4hrs 15mins) or by mountain bike (via a gravel road) in summer; on snowshoes or cross-country skis in winter.
Updated on 10 August 2024 at 11:25
by Office de Tourisme des Saisies
(Offer identifier : 7026831)
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