In 1952, an entire Savoyard village was sacrificed on the altar of national reconstruction. Engulfed under Lake Chevril, the old Tignes with its 150 houses and baroque church refuses to disappear: every ten-year emptying, its mud-covered walls reappear in the open air, inviting thousands of visitors to walk the streets of their ancestors. More
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In 1952, an entire Savoyard village was sacrificed on the altar of national reconstruction. Engulfed under Lake Chevril, the old Tignes with its 150 houses and baroque church refuses to disappear: every ten-year emptying, its mud-covered walls reappear in the open air, inviting thousands of visitors to walk the streets of their ancestors. More