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Savoy (/ s ə ˈ v ɔɪ /; [2] French: Savoie ⓘ) [n 1] is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps.Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south and west and to the Aosta Valley in the east.
Savoie (pronounced; Arpitan: Savouè or Savouè-d'Avâl; English: Savoy / s ə ˈ v ɔɪ /) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population of 436,434. [3]
English: Blank administrative map of the department of Savoie, France, for geo-location purpose. Scale : 1:800,000 (precision : 200 m) Français : Carte administrative vierge du département de la Savoie , France, destinée à la géolocalisation.
Elaborate modification to the structure were made again after Savoy was annexed by France in 1860. Today, the political administration of the department of Savoie is located in the castle, and it is open for tours and concerts. The most famous landmark in Chambéry: the Elephants Fountain.
The Duchy of Savoy (Italian: Ducato di Savoia; French: Duché de Savoie) was a territorial entity of the Savoyard state that existed from 1416 until 1847 and was a possession of the House of Savoy. It was created when Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor , raised the County of Savoy into a duchy for Amadeus VIII .
A map of Italy in 1494. ... In 1494, Charles VIII of France passed through Savoy on his way to Italy and Naples, which initiated the Italian War of 1494–1495. [10]
Chambériens brandishing French flags at the foot of the Château des Ducs [] when Savoie became part of France in 1860.. The term annexation of Savoy to France is used to describe the union of all of Savoy—including the future departments of Savoy and Haute-Savoie, which corresponded to the eponymous duchy—and the County of Nice, which was then an integral part of the Kingdom of Sardinia ...
In fact, France did not want Savoy to be annexed, but with the exception of Savoy, the duchy was gradually stripped of all its possessions west of the Alps: Bresse and Bugey, Pays de Gex (Treaty of Lyon, January 17, 1601, between Henri IV's France and Charles Emmanuel's Duchy of Savoy), Pays de Vaud north of Lake Geneva and Bas-Valais, so that ...