Mont-Thabor, Rois mages
We are well in France and not in Galilee! At the foot of Gaspard, Melchior and Balthazar, stands Mount Thabor, which rises to a height of 3,178 m, with a chapel at the top.
At the crossroads of the Maurienne, the Etroite Valley and Névache, Mont-Thabor is nevertheless an isolated site in a “high mountain” valley softened by the presence of the Sainte-Marguerite lakes.
Vallée Etroite, French and Italian valley
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the peace treaty of February 10, 1947 confirmed the rectification of the Franco-Italian border. As further north, on the Mont-Cenis plateau, and further south, with the summit of Chaberton, the border was pushed from the Col de l’Echelle to the Chaîne des Rois Mages, including the upper part of the Etroite Valley.
Valle stretta for our Italian neighbours, this place is magical! Go from France to Italy without even realizing it!
