Further talks now took place in Turin involving Conneau, Cavour and King Victor Emmanuel. At this point a suggestion came from the emperor for a meeting between himself and Cavour at Plombières-les-Bains, a once fashionable health resort in the small ravine of Augronne [fr] in the Vosges, reassuringly far from Paris or Turin, and off the beaten track of those following international diplomacy and politics.[2]