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escapades connaissance

In approximately 1034, Emperor Conrad II bequeathed the Maurienne region to Humbert the First "of the White Hands". Humbert, the founder of the Savoie dynasty, expanded his territory to the other side of the mountain, taking over the Suse Valley and establishing the region as the "Gateway to the Alps." The Maurienne nurtured the talents of locally-born artists who, influenced by Baroque art coming over the border from Italy, worked here and on the Piedmontese mountain slopes of Mont Cenis during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Franco-Italian Discoveries

Treat yourself to an enchanting weekend in the Italian Suse Valley, at the foot of the southern-facing mountain slopes of the Maurienne, presided over by the ancient Benedictine Abbey of the Novalesa, established in 726.
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things to do

- Visit the Sacred Art Museum of Suse.
- Have lunch on a terrace.
- Take walks to the Mont Cenis mountain pass.

things to see

- Bardonecchia (Bardonnèche), the first Italian city at the exit of the Fréjus tunnel.
- Suse, ancient capital of the Cottiennes Alps.
- The Abbey of Novalesa, founded by the Franks in the 6th century to control access to the high mountain pass.
- Moncesinio, a village clinging to the mountain slope on the Italian side of Mont Cenis.

and more still

- See the exhibit on the future TGV Lyon-Turin line, on the site of the old rice-processing plant in Modane.
- Take part in a traditional Franco-Italian celebration on Mont Cenis, in July.
- Snowboard events related to the Olympic Winter Games of 2006, in Bardonecchia.



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2-3 h
In the Centre of Saint-Jean
1/2 journée
Absolute Baroque
 
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