Church started in 1420, it was first a chapel, then a church adjoining the Franciscan convent. It was gradually enlarged. During the Revolution, it was plundered but not destroyed.
Church of elongated plan, with a high central nave flanked by aisles. The western façade is a gable wall, with a high central, carved part, containing the portal.
The church of Notre-Dame d'Aix-les-Bains, formerly the collegiate church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, is a church built in the Byzantine style at the end of the 19th century. An architectural competition was organised to design the church building and was won by Arthur Bertin. Work began in 1890 and was completed in 1892, although modifications were made up to 1905.
The Grande Chartreuse Monastery is the first monastery as well as the mother house of the hermit monks of the Carthusian order. The legend of the foundation of the monastery tells that a group of several monks, guided by Bishop Hugues de Grenoble (1080 to 1132), settled in June 1084 in the Chartreuse valley. Since the 19th century, the Grande-Chartreuse community has been known to oversee the production of the popular Chartreuse liqueur.
The history of the foundation of the abbey is globally unknown, a mention dating back to the 9th century has been made but is unreliable. A series of conflicts over the succession marked the abbey from the 11th century onwards. Numerous pilgrimages took place from the 12th century onwards. The abbey is destroyed during the wars of religion, only the Cathedral remains today.
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