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Millstones of Mont-Vouan
At Viuz-en-Sallaz the millstone of the Mont-Vouan are part of the story of the valley. Until the beginning of the 20th century, local rocks were quarried and cut to be used as millstones.
We can even see today large round holes, nearly 2 metres high, in the rock from which millstones were extracted. Both more important are the ones called: “La Grande Gueule” (big mouth) or “Grotte aux fées” (fairy cave), or “Grande Meulière” (big millstone). The other, known as the “millstone of Vachat”, is on the cliff that overhangs the “Gouille aux morts” (dead man’s pool).
Le Vouan, a small mountain of 978m high, also had a smugglers’ trail.
It was mostly the land of fairies and there are many legends
about them.
It is said that you can meet a young girl who gives leaves turn to gold.
They also tell that a cave contains golden skittles and another closed up fairies who stole wheat.
La Tourne bridge at Onnion
A highly symbolic bridge.
For the people of Onnion, the beginning of the 20th century was marked by the building of an important structure, as practical as it was symbolic.
This is La Tourne bridge, inaugurated in 1907, the only one, with that of Bellosset, to link up both mountainsides of the village.
From the bridge, looking downstream, there is a magnificent view of the torrent called Le Risse, flowing through rocks that it has sculpted through the ages into vast cauldrons.
The colour of the torrent’s clear water and the lush vegetation on its banks are truly beautiful.
A fact that is not lost on the many tourists who take photographs of this lovely scene.
The caves at Onnion
The caves at Onnion are the earliest Mousterian settlements in the Haute-Savoie.
The technique used to cut the stone shows that they must have been created by Neanderthal man, somewhere between 70,000 and 35,000 BC.
The cave of Lourdes of the Plaine-joux
The cave of Lourdes of the Plaine-joux as well as Cross way (via crucis) which precedes it, are places beloved by the inhabitants of Onnion.
It was created in 1933 and inaugurated on May 29th, 1934.
Miribel and his Via Crucis
Pointe Miribel (1586 m) was in 1774, a cross of oak, which quickly became the goal of pilgrimage for neighboring parishes, and was shot during the Revolution.
In 1808, after a wish formulated during the campaign of Russia, a young farmer of Villard, Joseph-Marie Félisaz, cut on the spot seventeen columns in the blocks of red marble which we brought him.
Surmounted by iron cross, these columns compose the Calvary of Miribel to which go today still numerous pilgrims the days of solemn name-days.
The Mole Lake
The Mole Lake 11 hectares, consists of 2 lakes.
It is situated in a remarkable site at the foot of the mountain "The Mole" and opposite the mountain "The Brasses.
The family is happy to walk and for children, it is possible to give bread to ducks
Mégevette caves
Megevette caves had a important underground passages offering a scientific interests. A 3 km network of underground passages, famed for their beauty, that you can visit in the company of an experienced potholer.
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