The French Alps
THE FRENCH ALPS
The French alps are a majestic mountain range which lies mostly in France. It carries with it a very diverse mix of cultures, languages, geography and people. It is one of the greatest mountain ranges in all of the world. It is sought after by countless locals and tourists both winter and summer for sport as well as leisure. Some of the biggest towns in the alps are Chamonix, Grenable and Chambery. Mount Blanc is the highest point in the French alps, it is also the third most visited natural sight in the world. The Rhone-Alps region is the meeting point of northern and southern Europe, bordering on Switzerland and Italy. This region contains a wide variety of sites and a wealth of historical, geographical, cultural and economic treasures. The Rhone-Alps region includes the Ain, Ardeche, Drome, Isere, Loire, Rhone, Savoie and Haute-Savoie departments. The capital of the RHONE-ALPS region is the gallo-romane city of Lyon. The mountains including Mont-Blanc (4807 meters), natural parks, rivers and mountains rivers, and famous vineyards. The caves in the Appanzel alps show traces of neanderthal habitation. During the last ice age all of the alps were covered in ice so they preserved many artifacts from 15,000 years ago. On the Italian side of the alps there are many artifacts such as carvings and art left from the bronze age. There are also accounts from the Romans and Greeks on the alps. in 218BC the Carthaginian general Hannibal was the first to successfully cross the alps with his army of 38,000 infentraty, 8,000 calvary and 37 war elephants. This is still one of the most celebrated war achievements of ancient warfare.
The alpine region of the French alps was settled by Germanic tribes from the 6th to the 13th centuries. Many people in the Carolingian empire lived in the alps so the settlements did not swindle until the fall of the empire in the 11th century. The Frankish and the Habsburg empires in the Alps were strategically placed to
The French alps are a majestic mountain range which lies mostly in France. It carries with it a very diverse mix of cultures, languages, geography and people. It is one of the greatest mountain ranges in all of the world. It is sought after by countless locals and tourists both winter and summer for sport as well as leisure. Some of the biggest towns in the alps are Chamonix, Grenable and Chambery. Mount Blanc is the highest point in the French alps, it is also the third most visited natural sight in the world. The Rhone-Alps region is the meeting point of northern and southern Europe, bordering on Switzerland and Italy. This region contains a wide variety of sites and a wealth of historical, geographical, cultural and economic treasures. The Rhone-Alps region includes the Ain, Ardeche, Drome, Isere, Loire, Rhone, Savoie and Haute-Savoie departments. The capital of the RHONE-ALPS region is the gallo-romane city of Lyon. The mountains including Mont-Blanc (4807 meters), natural parks, rivers and mountains rivers, and famous vineyards. The caves in the Appanzel alps show traces of neanderthal habitation. During the last ice age all of the alps were covered in ice so they preserved many artifacts from 15,000 years ago. On the Italian side of the alps there are many artifacts such as carvings and art left from the bronze age. There are also accounts from the Romans and Greeks on the alps. in 218BC the Carthaginian general Hannibal was the first to successfully cross the alps with his army of 38,000 infentraty, 8,000 calvary and 37 war elephants. This is still one of the most celebrated war achievements of ancient warfare.
The alpine region of the French alps was settled by Germanic tribes from the 6th to the 13th centuries. Many people in the Carolingian empire lived in the alps so the settlements did not swindle until the fall of the empire in the 11th century. The Frankish and the Habsburg empires in the Alps were strategically placed to