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Hiking: in the footsteps of the smugglers
The Reculet Cross was the brainchild of Abbé Monnet, the parish priest of Thoiry. He wanted to reaffirm the Catholic faith in the face of the Protestant and anticlerical movement in Geneva. It was made by François Nallet, a blacksmith in Thoiry.
It was transported piece by piece by four villagers (Louis and Auguste Girod, Aimé Fusier and Faustin Antonioli). It was inaugurated on July 25, 1892. From the banks of France's 1st wild river to the summit of the Haute Chaine du Jura, nature awaits you!
Part of the route lies within the Haute Chaine du Jura National Nature Reserve. Please check the regulations before setting off.
