ANNECY France - The Little Venice of the French Alps 4K Ultra HD

Historical residence of the Counts of Geneva in the 13th century, then of the Counts of Savoy in the 15th century, the town became the capital of Savoy with the prerogative of Genevois-Nemours including Genevois, Faucigny and Beaufortain from 1434 to 1659. Its role religion intensified in 1536, during the Calvinist Reformation; while the Bishop of Geneva took refuge there, François de Sales made it an advanced citadel of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, earning it the nickname “Rome of the Alps”. The Treaty of Turin led to the annexation of the Duchy of Savoy, attaching the city to France in 1860 under the reign of Napoleon III. The nickname “Venice of the Alps“ derives from the canals of Vassé, Saint Dominique and Thiou which protected the city, then brought hydraulic power to textile crafts, gradually giving way to the industrialization of the 19th century that remains today. through the presence of head offices, such as Fusalp, SNR, Salomon, Mavic or Entremont, maintaining the e