In June, everyone wants to explode with fresh, tangy colors, full of life, to change outfits for more cheerful ones. To make the days sparkle, we bring out flashy accessories and new clothes. It is also often the trade festival, with sales and clearance sales, now set to music to celebrate sunny days and summer.
In the heart of Annemasse, rue du Commerce
In the first half of the XXe century, Annemasse is a big village. The houses are more or less lined up along the still dirt roads. Coming from Étrembières, crossing the town from the Saint-André church to get to the Place Nationale*, the road takes you to rue du Commerce after meeting the town hall. Appropriate appellation because all the shops, or almost, and even craftsmen, are present. The company of Claudius Montessuit, mayor elected in 1929, has just taken charge of the macadam which replaces, in the shade of the plane trees and a lime tree, earth and gravel which covered the…
–
