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Thorens is a formerly Swiss manufacturer of high-end audio equipment. Thorens is historically renowned for the range of phonographs (turntables) the manufacturer produces. In addition to audio playback equipment, Thorens is also a historical manufacturer of harmonicas and has been separately a producer of Swiss-made cigarette lighters , most ...
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 .
The Château de Sales was the home of the Sales family in Thorens until the beginning of the 17th century, when they built and moved to the Château de Thorens, a few hundred metres away, where they still reside. The Château de Sales is known to have existed before 1249 and was remodelled in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Thorens is a. manufacturer of high-end audio equipment. Thorens may also refer to: Thorens-Glières, a former commune in Haute-Savoie, France; Château de Thorens, a castle in Thorens-Glières, Haute-Savoie, France; Pointe de Thorens, a mountain of Savoie, France; Val Thorens, a ski resort in Savoie, French Alps
Val Thorens ([val tɔʁɑ̃]) is a ski town in the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps at an altitude of 2,300 m (7,500 ft). [1] It is located in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville in the Savoie department .
Funitel at Val Thorens, France. A funitel is a type of cableway, generally used to transport skiers, although at least one is used to transport finished cars between different areas of a factory. [1] It differs from a standard gondola lift through the use of two arms attached to two parallel overhead cables, providing more stability in high winds.
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During the 1950s, Service of the Study and Development of Mountain Tourism (SEATM) was created by the local authorities to create the ski resort of Courchevel.Due to its great success, in the 1960s the mayor of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville decided to follow suit and create a society with the plan to create 100 000 beds divided between the two main resorts of Les Menuires and Val Thorens, plus ...