The chimney sweeps of this valley had a language of their own: an argot grafted onto the patois, good for understanding one another and for not being understood by anyone else. Even today the patois of Rhêmes-Saint-Georges does not sound like the neighbours'.
In 1972, in the village of Cachoz, a late Bronze Age hoard came to light. The parish church of San Giorgio, at Vieux, is fifteenth-century and stands on the remains of an older one: inside are Bohemian crystal chandeliers and a carved Valsesian altar, and in 2006 Benedict XVI prayed here. The 196 residents live in the Rhêmes valley, inside the Gran Paradiso national park.
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📅 Every year, on 23 April
Rhêmes-Saint-Georges celebrates Saint George on 23 April; the municipality, once simply called Voix for the echo of the valley walls, took the name of its patron around 1400, as also happened with neighbouring Saint-Nicolas.
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