The Giffre, a tributary of the Arve, crosses Marignier. Its banks are equipped for bicycles and pedestrians and will allow you to take a nice walk, on the footbridge take a break to enjoy the natural and patrimonial spaces.
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The Giffre river, chief headwater of the Arve river has been during a long time one of the best french alps river where a lots of fishermen, french and english, never hesitate to make long distance driving to be here for the fishîng season openingThe Giffre is a catch-and-release course. From the st "le along the d26 2400m upstream of the downstream limit to the old bridge at Marignier. All techniques single hook without barb.
The church has the particularity of combining two heterogeneous elements. The old church, dating from 1838, was demolished and rebuilt in 1956 by the architect Maurice NOVARINA.The old church, which dated from 1838, was effectively demolished and then rebuilt in 1956 by Maurice Novarina, an architect from Thonon-les-Bains. The vault was in a very bad state and the authorities at the time judged it to be irreparable. The bell tower of the original building has been preserved, a bulb-shaped tower which is a traditional Savoyard design. It was renovated in 1996.
1/ Park your car on the parking lots located before the old bridge
2/ You take the path along the banks of the Giffre
3/ You can make this circuit in a loop, in the direction that suits you
4/ The wooden footbridge offers you the possibility to stop in the shade to enjoy the view
The Old Bridge of Marignier was built in the 18th century and remained for a long time the only point of passage on the Giffre. It was crossed by Napoleon 3 in the direction of Chamonix in September 1860 during the festivities of the attachment of Savoy to France.
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