stackyFACTSFrench President Émile Loubet wasn't about to make rich socialites walk uphill after drinking fancy mineral water. The Évian funicular was birthed in 1907 purely to shuttle pampered hotel guests to the spa, because heaven forbid a European aristocrat actually break a sweat while vacationing in the Alps.
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