“The large exhibition hall was washed away with the hundreds of objects that were on display, as well as almost all of the old electrical factory from 1893. The reserve of three thousand objects has disappeared in the river. It is forty years of research, of accumulation, of testimonies of people of the country, with exceptional pieces which recalled the hunts of the king of Sardinia, all the archaeological objects, it is also a part of our memory which left… "
In front of what remains of the Heritage Museum of the high country of Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Eric Gili, its director, notices the damage by loading in his pick-up one of the rare parts spared, a bicycle mounted on skis 100 years old.
“There are a lot of mountain objects, because Saint-Martin is not only the capital of Nice Switzerland, it is also the Petit Chamonix”
, smiles this 52-year-old history teacher.
Until October 2, there was nothing to suggest that this building, like dozens of others in the
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