Grenoble:
The heart of Grenoble beats to the rhythm of its contrasts. Lively and welcoming, the flattest city in France is also a true Alpine metropolis, constantly striving towards the utmost peaks of environment and excellence. Stendhal wrote that each road ends with a view of a mountain. The Vercors Plateau, the Belledonne peaks and the Chartreuse forests invade the city through its streets, and leave the trace of their passage.
The tiny Gaulish village of Cularo has evolved into a decidedly contemporary city with a vast heritage of art and culture.
Today, Grenoble, a European centre, stands at the apogee of technological research : its many students are busy building towards its future, on cultural foundations that date back over two millennia.
