9 Sights in Annecy, France (with Map and Images)

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. The castle is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1959.

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The Palais de l'Île is an old fortified house of the twelfth century, remodeled several times, located on an islet formed by the Thiou, which stands in the commune of Annecy in the department of Haute-Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Wikipedia: Palais de l'Isle (FR)

The Basilica of the Visitation of Annecy, erected on the Crêt du Maure, which is the first buttress of the Semnoz massif, appears to dominate Annecy and can be spotted from any place, for miles around. It is the symbol of the city's prestigious religious past.

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The Pâquier or Champ de Mars is a vast landscaped promenade of seven and a half hectares in the city of Annecy located on the shores of Lake Annecy and offering one of the most beautiful views of the lake and the surrounding mountains. Today's Pâquier, dear to the hearts of Annecy residents and a source of wonder for tourists, is the central element of a larger set of parks and gardens with the Jardins de l'Europe, the gardens of the Imperial Palace and the beach of Annecy-le-Vieux, but originally the Pâquier extended over an even larger set of grounds.

Wikipedia: Le Pâquier (Annecy) (FR)

The castle of Promery, Premery or Preméry, is an old fortified house, from the fourteenth century, which stands in the commune of Pringy, in the department of Haute-Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

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The bell tower of Annecy-le-Vieux is a Romanesque bell tower located in the commune of Annecy-le-Vieux, dating from the twelfth century. It is one of the elements of an old Notre-Dame church, the other components of which have now disappeared. It seems, however, that this bell tower had long been shared with the other church of the parish, Saint-Laurent.

Wikipedia: Clocher d'Annecy-le-Vieux (FR)

The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Liesse d'Annecy is a French Catholic church, located in the Haute-Savoie department and the city of Annecy. It is one of the former collegiate churches of the diocese of Geneva.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame-de-Liesse d'Annecy (FR)

The Church of Saint-Maurice de Pringy is a French Catholic church located in the Haute-Savoie department, in the commune of Annecy, formerly in the commune of Pringy. In Sardinian neo-classical style, it is dedicated to the holy martyr Maurice d'Agaune.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Maurice de Pringy (FR)

The Major Seminary of Annecy is a former religious building of the late seventeenth century, which provided training for priests in the diocese of Geneva, then that of Annecy. Its walls house the Conservatory of Art and History, the cultural services of the Haute-Savoie Departmental Council, the services of the Cité de l'image en mouvement in Annecy, a branch of the École des Gobelins as well as a rehearsal room for the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie.

Wikipedia: Grand séminaire d'Annecy (FR)