Portfolio Tag: Chamonix valley

Saussure

Saussure
The statue dedicated to Horace Benedict Saussure in the central plaza of Chamonix points to the peak of Mont Blanc.Saussure was a professor of Physics from Geneva who put up a reward for the first people to climb Mont Blanc - in 1786 Michel Paccard and Jacques Balmat were the first to reach the summit,…
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Chamonix

Chamonix
View from the street in Chamonix with a giant glacier tumbling down from Mont Blanc in the background. The Massif dominates the town and is a visible presence that spectacularly dominates the valley.
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