Le vieil Annecy ("Old Annecy"), (not to be confused with Annecy-le-Vieux, another border town), was a settlement from the time of the Romans.
Annecy was the court of the counts of Geneva or Genevois from the 10th century.
It passed to the counts of Savoy in 1401.
In 1444, it became the regional capital of the provinces of Genevois, Faucigny and Beaufortain.
Le vieil Annecy ("Old Annecy"), (not to be confused with Annecy-le-Vieux, another border town), was a settlement from the time of the Romans. Annecy was the court of the counts of Geneva or Genevois from the 10th century. It passed to the counts of Savoy in 1401. In 1444, it became the regional capital of the provinces of Genevois, Faucigny and Beaufortain.
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