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   Château d'Annecy

   The Château d'Annecy is a restored castle which dominates the old French town of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie département. It was bought by the town, restored and transformed into a museum, le musée-château d'Annecy.

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   Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard

   The Château de Menthon is a medieval castle located in the commune of Menthon-Saint-Bernard, 12 kilometres south of Annecy in the Haute-Savoie department of France.

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   St. Peter's Cathedral

   Annecy Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre d'Annecy) is a Roman Catholic church located in Annecy, France. The cathedral is a national monument.

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   Palais de l'Isle

   A twelfth-century fortified house on an island in the Thiou at Annecy, Haute-Savoie. Long used as a prison, it is now an exhibition centre on local architecture and heritage, where the old courtroom, cells and chapel can be visited.

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   Basilica of the Visitation

   A basilica on the Crêt du Maure, on the slopes of the Semnoz above Annecy, France. Visible from far off as it looks down on the city, it has become the emblem of Annecy's religious history.

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   Col de la Forclaz

   A pass at 1,147 metres in Talloires-Montmin, Haute-Savoie, France. It leads from Talloires on the east shore of Lake Annecy through the Montmin valley towards Faverges.

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   Château de Montrottier

   A castle at Lovagny in Haute-Savoie, France, near the Fier gorges some ten kilometres west of Annecy. It began as a thirteenth-century fortified house, was rebuilt several times and restored in the nineteenth century.

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   Château de Thorens

   The Château de Thorens is a castle in the commune of Thorens-Glières in the Haute-Savoie département of France. It is accessible from the north-east of Annecy by a road of about 20 km, going up to the plateau of Glières.

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   Église Notre-Dame-de-Liesse d'Annecy

   A Catholic church in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France. It was one of the collegiate churches of the former diocese of Geneva.

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    Glières Plateau

    The Glières plateau is a limestone plateau in the Bornes Massif in Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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   Église Saint-Maurice

   Église Saint-Maurice (in English, St. Maurice Church) is a Roman Catholic church in Annecy, France.

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