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Annecy is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, 35 kilometres south of G
Lac d'Annecy
Préfecture de Haute Savoie
Annecy, France
Annecy
Savoy
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Savoy is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south
Annecy
…Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Switching from the counts of Geneva's dwelling in the 13th century, to the counts of Savoy's in the 14th century, the city became Savoy's capital in 1434 during the Genevois-Nemours prerogative until 1659. Its role increased in 1536, during the Calvinist Reformation in Geneva, while the…
Alpine landscape of Les Saisies, as seen from Mont Bisanne.
People of Chambéry with French flags celebrating the annexation in 1860.
The Château de Chambéry, seat of government, was given a grand new façade following annexation