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Grenoble Business Proposals in France

the panoramic area of the Bastille by cable car. the Grande Chartreuse.
Isere and Savoy, Curiosity: - Birthplace of the writer Henri Beyle Curiosity: 214: is the number of stained-glass
windows in the Church of San Bruno, produced
(1783-1842), who crossed the city of Stendhal
through La Chartreuse during a trip to Germany and gave it the idea of by a master craftsman in Paris, financed thanks
6 days its pseudonym in 1817. to a gift from the Carthusian monks.
The fortifications were completed in the 19th 5th Day: Chambéry
1st Day: Notre Dame de la Salette century, 13 years before Savoy was attacked by Mini trip to Saint-Jean d’Arvey, the starting point
The route climbs several peaks of the Park des France, and its cannons never fired on an attack- for a wonderful panoramic route to admire peaks
Ecrins to reach Notre-dame de la Salette, re- er of Savoy! The fortification system was built such as the Granier and the Chartreuse.
vealed by the apparition of Our Lady to the two to counter a possible attack on the Dauphiné by Curiosity: - 25th November 1238 : year of birth of
little shepherds Maxim and Mélanie. the Duchy of Savoy because the Charterhouse Mont Granier following a gigantic landslide that
Curiosity: - Mélanie tried to become a nun, but materialized at that time on the border between made part of the mountain disappear, causing
never managing to find the congregation that France and Piedmont. Thus, all the structures of the death of 1000 people.
was for her, she changed several and died in 1904 that period were organized to enable firing to-
in Altamura, in the province of Bari. Given the wards the mountain and to prevent an attack on The monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, found-
success of the first apparition, then, many others the Charterhouse. ed in 1084, where the monks invented the fa-
were invented, but no one believed them. mous liqueur of the same name, cannot be visit-
The Bastille cable car, inaugurated in 1934, is the ed - it is even forbidden to fly over it.
Maxim, who remained unmarried, traveled third oldest cable car in the world (after the one
around Europe without ever finding peace, trying in Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town). 6th Day: Chambéry on Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s
- among other things - to study medicine, enter footsteps
the seminary and become a part of the Papal Zou- 3rd Day: Grenoble - Chamrousse (35 Km) In the morning, a shopping break and a visit to
aves. Then he returned home and tried to make Parc des Ecrins - Morning transfer to Cham- the Castle of the Dukes of Savoy. After a tradition-
a living from the religious tourism induced by the rousse to reach the Cross of Chamrousse on al lunch, a relaxing and poetic tour with a visit of
apparition: first he opened a souvenir shop in foot where the surrounding landscapes are the residence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
front of the basilica, then he thought of exploit- magnificent, with the view of Lake Achard Curiosity: - The fountain of elephants is also
ing his fame as a visionary and the popularity of and Lake Robert, at the base of the mountain. called the fountain of the “4 sans-cul” because
the Chartreuse to produce a new herbal liqueur: Parc du Vercors - In the afternoon, departure the four half elephants that compose it do not
the Salettina, which he himself advertised as “the from Grenoble to reach on foot the cave called have a back. It symbolizes the glorious past of
liqueur of the shepherd boy who saw the Madon- Cuves de Sassenage. General Benoit de Boigne in India, great benefac-
na”. Once again, however, it didn’t go so well for Guided tour of the cave. tor of Chambéry, his hometown. 267
him: his business partner conned him and Maxim
died at just 40, poor and an alcoholic. La Saletti- Curiosity: - Grenoble was the capital of luxury 70 : this is the number of bells that compose the
na, on the other hand, is still distilled and sold in gloves in the world. The glove of Grenoble ac- famous carillon of Sainte-Chapelle
his old house in Corps. quired its notoriety in 1606 when the glove man-
ufacturer Mathieu Robert received the title of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s stay at the Charmettes
2nd Day: Grenoble “gantier-parfumeur” of the king. The golden age formed the indispensable basis for his work, the
Guided tour of the city in the morning, walking of the “Gant de Grenoble” lasted for a century, pure and essential training phase which will then
through the alleys of the old town to the Rue from 1850 to around 1950. allow criticism and writing.
Jean-Jaques Rousseau, or sneaking inside some
of the gates of the old courts of Rue Chenoise. 4th Day: Voiron
In the afternoon, visit of the Dauphinois Muse- In the morning, visit of the Church of San Bruno
um, where you can admire the customs and tra- and walk to the statue of Notre-Dame de Vouise.
ditions of the Dauphiné region before reaching In the afternoon, guided tour of the Museum of
Itinerari Religiosi Religious Tours