History of La Grave
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Relive key moments since -400.
Origins and Transmission
This timeline gathers the major historical events of La Grave: key dates, village transformations, ancient anecdotes, and pivotal moments. It is gradually being enriched through local research and contributions.
Period: -400 — 1910 | 16 events.
Featured events
Lesdiguières and the Wars of Religion
Between 1562 and 1598, Dauphiné was ravaged by the Wars of Religion. Towns and villages changed sides according to sieges, and Oisans did not escape the chaos. In this troubled period, a feared figure...
The First Inhabitants
Long before La Grave became a village, people were already passing through the valley. The first inhabitants about whom we can speak with some degree of certainty were probably the Ligurians, an ancie...
Mountaineering and Skiing
In the second half of the 19th century, while the valley was affected by a strong rural exodus, a new phenomenon transformed the image of La Grave: mountaineering. Oisans became one of the first Frenc...