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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Grenoble

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Grenoble, France

Updated January 21, 2020

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A bust of Xavier Jouvin and his invention, the "iron hand."

Grenoble, France

Musée de la Ganterie (Museum of Glove-Making)

The cellar of a former factory is now home to a collection of gloves, machines, and tools of the trade.

Image showing mechanism from mid 1800s

Grenoble, France

Canard Digérateur de Vaucanson (Vaucanson's Digesting Duck)

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.

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The bust bears a striking resemblance to Madame Danton, perhaps because it was molded off her actual face.

Vizille, France

The Death Mask of Gabrielle Danton

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.

8 miles from Grenoble

Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Lieu de Rencontre (Field of the Encounter)

On the shores of Lake Laffrey, a monument commemorating one of Napoleon Bonaparte's most compelling victories.

12 miles from Grenoble

Tour Isabelle Double Arch

Saint-Bernard, France

Tour Isabelle Double Arch

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

15 miles from Grenoble

The miracle junction forming the natural flying buttress.

Saint-Bernard, France

Miracle Arch

The second-largest natural arch in the Chartreuse Mountains.

15 miles from Grenoble

The Pierre Percée in all of its glory

Pierre-Châtel, France

La Pierre Percée

According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.

15 miles from Grenoble

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