Thought Patterns
by Emanuel
June 11, 2007 at 20:58
filed under travel
Visiting Annecy recently brought back many great memories from the years I lived there. The weather was great and it brought out all the best this small Savoyard town has to offer. It is located by a beautiful lake and this history filled French town will not dissapoint if you get the chance to visit.
Annecy is located between Geneva and Chambéry. Thus its history was strongly influenced by these two towns between the 10th and the 19th century. Starting as the capital of the county of Geneva, after the demise of the counts of Geneva, it became integrated into the House of Savoie in 1401. In 1444, it was set up by the Princes of Savoie as the capital of a region covering the possessions of the Genevois, Faucigny and Beaufortain. With the advance of Calvinism in 1535, it became a center for the Counter-Reformation and the bishop’s see of Geneva was transferred here. (It suppressed in 1801, though restored in 1822.) During the French Revolution, the Savoy region was conquered by France and Annecy became attached to the département of Mont Blanc, of which capital was Chambéry. After the Bourbon Restoration in 1815, it was returned to the House of Savoy. When Savoy was annexed by France in 1860, it became the capital of the new département of Haute-Savoie.
Although early in the spring, the weather was very warm and it felt like people from all over gathered in Annecy to celebrate the fatastic weekend warm sun. I only took the time to snap this shot from my hotel room and fought off the jet lag to go walk around on and act as the official tour guide to my co-workers who had never been to Annecy before.
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