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The Best Attractions In Faverges

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Faverges is a former commune located in Haute-Savoie department situated in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Faverges-Seythenex.It occupies a glacial valley which gave birth to the Lake Annecy.
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  • 1. Lac de Saint Ferreol Saint Ferreol
    The Bassin de Saint-Ferréol was created as the result of a large earth dam across the mouth of the valley of Laudot stream at St. Ferréol in the Montagne Noire. It was originally proposed by Chevalier de Clerville and accepted by Pierre Paul Riquet as an integral part of the Canal du Midi. Riquet needed to provide a sufficient water reservoir to allow the locks to function year round, even in the dry summer season. The dam was begun on 15 April 1667 and was completed in four years. It was the first dam built specifically to supply water to a navigable canal and was by far the greatest single work of civil engineering undertaken during the building of the Canal du Midi.The dam has a crest length of 780 m , a maximum height of 32 m , and a base thickness of more than 140 m . Water may be d...
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