Where is savoy france

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Many roads were traced during the Roman colonization and several villages were founded at that time, including Aquae Aix-les-Bains and Lemencum Chambery. Originally from Burgundy, he was the first count of Maurienne. Between the 13th and the 15th century, the House of Savoy grew politically and territorially throughout alliances and battles.

This title gave great legitimacy to Savoy and its geo-strategic position at the European level. However, this revolutionary interlude would only last about 20 years. The Treaty of Vienna, signed in , marked its return to the Kingdom of Sardinia. During the first half of the 19th Century, Savoie's economy was very slow. The region's inhabitants found it harder and harder to accept the presence of tax collectors, civil servants and Piedmont soldiers.

They were also concerned about supporters on the other side of the Alps, who wished to unite Savoie with Italy. Victor-Emmanuel II, like his father, and his Prime Minister, Cavour, dreamed of unifying Italy, a country still divided into states controlled byforeign sovereigns.

The war with Austria resumed in