Culture, Heritage and Curiosities

The Girotte dam was built in 1946. It was the first in Beaufortain. It is one of the rare dam to be filled with the water coming from "Tré la Tête" gl...

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During the Second World War, the Col des Saisies (like many others in Savoie and Haute Savoie) was an important place for the resistance. This monumen...

Parking du Col
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In Hauteluce valley every hamlet has his own chapel. The frame & steeple architecture are remarkable.

Le Praz
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This baroque church is famous for its steeple that we call "clocher à bulbe". This monument is dedicated to St Jacques d'Assyrie (1st évêque of Tarent...

Chef-lieu
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18th century church. Baroque interior decoration, sundial.

Chef lieu
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Small hamlet located between the village of Hauteluce and Belleville. Very beautiful little chapel (visible only from the outside). Some remarkable ch...

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The project starts in 1995 with the creation of an association to have a church in Les Saisies. The church was built in 2000 and the first mass was ce...

Col des Saisies
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Examples of our valley’s heritage: objects from the past, local traditional dress, reconstruction of old fashioned home and class room, temporary exhi...

Chef lieu
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Small hamlet located just before arriving at that of Belleville much larger. Charming Savoyard chalets with flower gardens and a pretty little chapel.

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Very nice little chapel located in the typical St Sauveur hamlet.

St Sauveur
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On the northern slope of the Hauteluce valley, below the Outray mountain St Sauveur deserves a visit if only for its chapel (visible only from the out...

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The vast hamlet of Belleville is located at the foot of the Col du Joly, at the end of the valley of Hauteluce. It includes a chapel rather important...

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