BASILICA OF VISITATION
This basilica built in the 20th century, which dominates the city of ...Read more
ABBEY OF AULPS-DISCOVERY AREA OF THE VALLEY
Read moreIn the heart of the Haut-Chablais, on a 2 hectare estate, the remains of one of the most important Cistercian abbeys in medieval Savoy. Aulps Abbey has been a place of pilgrimage since the 11th century. Founded in 1095 by monks who had left the abbey of Molesme in Burgundy, the abbey of Notre-Dame-d'Aulps became independent in 1120 and Guérin de Pont-à-Mousson, the second abbot of Aulps and bishop of Sion, died there in 1150. He was soon venerated as the patron saint of livestock. The last Cistercian monks were expelled in 1792 by the revolutionaries. After the fire of 1823, the inhabitants of the village recovered its stones to rebuild their houses. Only the remains of the abbey church, the gatehouse, the cellars and the old monastic farm remain. However, these ruins have a lot of allure and the site is remarkable in more ways than one! The church has preserved its magnificent 13th century façade and the glorious abbey was classified as a historical monument in 1902. Today, it houses an interpretation center, a store, an herbal tea room, a medieval garden and vegetable garden. There is an exhibition on the daily life of the monks, their community, the history of the Duchy of Savoy in the Middle Ages and the secrets of medicinal plants. You can discover the abbey as it was before its destruction with the 3D augmented reality application Abbayedaulps and the helmets available for rent at the reception. A unique experience!
ABBEY OF ABUNDANCE
Abbey of Abondance endowed with a small museum of religious art and ludic ...Read more
ST. PETER'S CATHEDRAL
Chapel of the Franciscan convent, transformed into a temple of the goddess ...Read more
THE CALVARY
This calvary, in an idyllic setting, is the only calvary in Haute-Savoie ...Read more
NOTRE-DAME-DE-LIESSE CHURCH
Church founded in 1360 that preserved the Holy Shroud, destroyed and then ...Read more
ST. MAURICE CHURCH
The building houses an important heritage with the exceptional funerary ...Read more
SAINT-FRANCOIS-DE-SALES CHURCH
This baroque style church houses a memorial dedicated to St. Francis de ...Read more
NOTRE-DAME-DE-TOUTE-GRÂCE
A remarkable church in Passy, its contemporary works testify to a sacred ...Read more
MELAN CHARTREUSE
The Carthusian monastery is an example of religious architecture adapted to ...Read more
THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Typical Baroque church immortalized by English painter Turner in 1802 in ...Read more
COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF SAINT-JACQUES
Collegiate church including the bell tower which houses a carillon of 13 ...Read more
ABBEY CHURCH OF ENTREMONT
Church sheltering many treasures and mysteries, the decoration of its ...Read more
CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS
This church is one of the jewels of baroque art in Haute-Savoie.Read more
ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH
Church with baroque paintings, with statues of St. Francis de Sales, and an ...Read more
GETS CHURCH
This church houses a unique philharmonic and automatic Aeolian organ in ...Read more
EGLISE DE THORENS
Neo-Gothic church full of history, Francis, who became Saint Francis de ...Read more
ST. MAURICE CHURCH
A church classified as a historical monument with a finely sculpted baroque ...Read more
NOTRE-DAME DE L'ASSOMPTION CHURCH
Baroque style church in Haute-Savoie with a white silhouette and a bulbous ...Read more
SAINTE-AGATHE CHURCH
Church rebuilt after an earthquake in 1822 in a Sardinian neoclassical ...Read more