ANTAGNOD VILLAGE

Antagnod, "one of the most beautiful villages in Italy", boasts numerous rascards - old peasant houses or granaries supported by stone mushrooms - overlooking its steep, winding lanes. In the upper part of the village, the Maison Challant, a seigneurial residence, has a ^15th-century square tower and a balcony supported by wooden struts. The cemetery, whose entrance is adorned with a quotation from La Doctrine des mœurs by the Parisian poet Marin Le Roy de Gomberville (1600-1674), is in a privileged position from which to admire the Mont-Rose massif.