Wednesday 10 September 2014
Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhone-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, 35 kilometres south of Geneva. After the Bourbon Restoration in 1815, it was returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia. Francis of Sales was born at the nearby castle of Sales in 1567. He was bishop of Annecy from 1602 to 1622. Source
