medieval village, Alby-sur-Cheran, Savoy
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Alby-sur-Cheran is a medieval village built on a strategic place when one could ford a montain river between Chambery and Annecy. Since the XII century there is a weekly market, and an annual fair of Saint-Martin take place at the beginning of November. Alby was a regional center of the shoemakers. The oldest arcades around the place were edified during the XV century.
The oldest arcades around the place of Alby were edified during the XV century.
A slopy street between the bridge and the central square of the village. It's name is Narrow street.
Alby-sur-Cheran est une bourgade moyenageuse édifiee à un endroit stratégiq...
The principal canal le Thiou in the down town.
The most photographied building in Annecy is the Old Prison, also called - the Palace on Island. It w...
La navigation sur le lac est assurée par la Cie des Bâteau du Lac d'Annecy. Le panorama ...
France is affectionately referred to as "the Hexagon" for its overall shape.
French history goes back to the Gauls, a Celtic tribe which inhabited the area circa 300BC until being conquered by Julius Caesar.
The Franks were the first tribe to adopt Catholic Christianity after the Roman Empire collapsed. France became an independent location in the Treaty of Verdun in (843 AD), which divided up Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire into several portions.
The French monarchy reached its zenith during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, who stood for seventy-two years as the Monarch of all Monarchs. His palace of Versailles and its Hall of Mirrors are a splendid treasure-trove of Baroque art.
The French Revolution ended the rule of the monarchy with the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" On July 14th, 1789 angry mobs stormed La Bastille prison and began the Revolution in which Louis XVI, his wife Marie-Antoinette and thousands of others met the guillotine.
One decade after the revolution, Napolean Bonaparte seized control of the Republic and named himself Emperor. His armies conquered most of Europe and his Napoleonic Code became a lasting legal foundation for concepts of personal status and property.
During the period of colonization France controlled the largest empire in the world, second only to Britain.
France is one of the founding members of the European Union and the United Nations, as well as one of the nuclear armed nations of the world.
Text by Steve Smith.
