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Chapelle-Sainte-Anne-Saint-Sebastien-Meribel-Village-byRundvald
La chapelle Sainte-Anne et Saint-Sébastien de Méribel-Village en Savoie. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- La chapelle Sainte-Anne et Saint-Sébastien de Méribel-Village en Savoie
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Méribel
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Méribel.
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Méribel is a ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps.
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1996
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
The Three Valleys was expanded in 1996 to incorporate a fourth valley, though the area kept the name Trois Vallées.
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1950
A route reaches Méribel
In 1950, the Burgin-Saulire gondola was built to link the resort to Courchevel.
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Pistes de ski Versant nord de Mottaret
Sight, in winter from Mottaret village, of ski slopes on the north side of Méribel resort, in Savoie , France. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Sight, in winter from Mottaret village, of ski slopes on the north side of Méribel resort, in Savoie , France
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
1400
Winter becomes organised
Méribel Les Allues is a ski resort that was developed adjacent to the traditional hamlet of Morel, with its centre situated at about 1400 metres above sea level.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Méribel is recorded at 45.397° N, 6.565° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,952 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Chapelle-Sainte-Anne-Saint-Sebastien-Meribel-Village-byRundvald
La chapelle Sainte-Anne et Saint-Sébastien de Méribel-Village en Savoie. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- La chapelle Sainte-Anne et Saint-Sébastien de Méribel-Village en Savoie
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Méribel now
There were once plans to interlink all systems and resorts to create the – by far – largest ski area in the world.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Chapelle-Sainte-Anne-Saint-Sebastien-Meribel-Village-byRundvald
AOD.EU.MERIBEL.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pistes de ski Versant nord de Mottaret
AOD.EU.MERIBEL.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Méribel overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.