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Patrimony and terroir
Living Water, who lives?
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Eau vive, Qui vive ?
Life on the river banks and in the history books.
Situated in the heart of the Brevon Valley, this trail offers superb scenery and several places steeped in history, many of them little-known. They include an observation platform, the Diomaz Waterfall, La Meille, Lake Petétoz, Lake Vallon, a forest etc, all waiting to reveal their mysteries.
To guide you, 32 larch posts mark the route from the church in Bellevaux to Lake Petétoz. A poetically-written booklet covering topics such as the 1943 catastrophe, flora and fauna, forest and woodland, or the great figures in Vallon tells you all about the environment and local history.
Get a glimpse of a wonderfully secretive valley!
PRATICAL INFORMATION : to help you discover all that the trail has to offer, get a copy of a beautifully-written guidebook available from the Tourist Office in the main town, at the “Alpaga” chalet at the foot of Lake Vallon during the summer and in Carline Sports or La Chèvrerie in winter.
In 2008:
- GRAND TRAIL FESTIVAL: Sunday 13th July, on the theme "The High Seas, or our Cousins from Argentina"
- a booklet for young people and families will be available before summer ! |
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FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTIONS
Confused by all these strange signs ?
Who are the people on the photos in the lamps ?
If you’re asking yourself questions, it means you’ve become caught up in local life and history !
And to help you with your discoveries, we’ll talk about them in the form of Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ).
Ask us your questions and we’ll give you the keys to the answers!
To start with, here’s the first “key”
All along the trail, inside lamps hanging from the posts, you’ll see photos of Bellevaux families linked to local history. Here are the names of the families in the photos:
Epuyer : 2 village families
-CONVERSET-CARTHIEUX family
-CLAVEL family
Beauveau : the family living here before the catastrophe
-BLANC family
Saint Bruno : a family who came from Freiburg to make the Carthusians’ cheese
-PASQUIER family
Joux : a family that lived here before 1800
-PASQUIER family
Favières : a family which owned this property and worked for the Carthusians
-TORNIER family
Forêts des Habères : a family of skiers and woodcutters
-MORAND family
L'Ile : one of the sons of this family was Public Prosecutor CORNIER, the longest-serving of the prosecutors (1900 to 1947)
-CORNIER family
La source : a family of nature lovers.
-CORNIER family
The inauguration of the trail
Since last summer, the larch posts and mysterious lamps dotted along the "Eau vive, Qui vive?” trail arouse the imagination and curiosity of all ages, from youngest to oldest. On 30th September, when the Indian summer arrived, we held celebrations based on the “L’Eau vive, Qui vive?” trail, to try out the activities that might be held around the strange posts and lanterns dotted all along the trail between L’Epuyer and Le Petétoz. It was a long day. In the morning, workshops run by CFPPA leaders from Les Contamines and the Tourist Office gave 300 schoolchildren from Bellevaux, Lullin, Vailly and Sciez a chance to express themselves in the natural environment.
The programme included lessons on reading the landscape, information about water and hydrology, appealing to the 5 senses and creating a pressed plant collection. Great fun – and plenty of new discoveries for everybody!
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The Grand Fête on 29th July 2007
This was the main event of the summer with a fabulous repertory piece performed by the Compagnie des Gens d'Ici. An event full of music, creativity workshops and fun.
Summary of the show:
In 1943, when disaster struck Vallon, a Bellevaux man who had gone to Argentina returned home with a post that he put down each time an event occurred. Through his correspondence with his mother, he travelled back through History from one era to another, meeting famous people, learning the legends (many of them based on historical fact), getting in touch with Nature and finding out about the ethics, customs and everyday lives of the valley people. Through a series of dreamlike images, he finally revealed his visionary side, letting the audience share his dreams and hopes before setting off again for an unknown destination – elsewhere. |
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Bellevaux tourist office - Brevon valley - Chef Lieu - 74470 Bellevaux - Phone +33 (0)4 50 73 71 53 - Fax. +33 (0)4 50 73 78 60 Contact / Email
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