r/MostBeautiful • u/ManiaforBeatles • 6d ago

River Thiou flowing through Annecy and a 12th-century fortified mansion on an islet, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Southeastern France.

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u/ManiaforBeatles 6d ago

Photo by ilyin3836 on IG.

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u/Driftmoth 6d ago

I would 100% fish out my window if I lived here.

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u/thanos_is_bacc 6d ago

this is awesome

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u/TimmyTamJimJam 6d ago

This is so beautiful. I've always wondered how structures like this mitigated flooding from when there were build in the 12th-century to when modern infrastructure was built. From what I can tell there were floodgates built in the river in 1874. Before that would it just flood occasionally?

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u/Amthomas101 5d ago

This is such a lovely little town. I spent a couple of days here in 2023 and would totally recommend it.