Moutiers

Moûtiers lies on the Isère at a meeting of Alpine valleys, the historic centre of Tarentaise. Its archbishops held the title of count as well as spiritual authority, and their cathedral anchored the town's religious life. Saint Peter II, archbishop in the twelfth century, became one of its most celebrated figures. In 1792 French revolutionary forces occupied Tarentaise, bringing a sudden change to the old ecclesiastical and Savoyard order.