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Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe
10th-century chapel balanced on an 85-metre volcanic plug in Le Puy-en-Velay, reached by 268 steps spiralling up the rock: one of France's most improbable and photographed buildings.
1 km · about 5 min drive
Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Le Puy-en-Velay is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Polignac, 1km from Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe.
Le Puy-en-Velay is a town located in Rhône-Alpes, France. With a population of 22,718, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Le Puy-en-Velay sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Le Puy-en-Velay to your route.
Le Puy-en-Velay (French pronunciation: [lə pɥi ɑ̃ vəlɛ] , lit. 'Le Puy in Velay'; Occitan: Lo Puèi de Velai [lu ˈpœj ðə vəˈlaj], before 1988: Le Puy) is the prefecture of the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France.
Located near the river Loire, the city is famous for itsRead more
cathedral, for a kind of lentil, for its lace-making, as well as for being the origin of the Chemin du Puy, one of the principal origin points of the pilgrimage route of Santiago de Compostela in France. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 18,540.
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Le Puy-en-Velay is located in Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe. The coordinates are 45.0437 latitude, 3.8852 longitude.
Le Puy-en-Velay has a population of approximately 22,718 people, making it a town in France.
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10th-century chapel balanced on an 85-metre volcanic plug in Le Puy-en-Velay, reached by 268 steps spiralling up the rock: one of France's most improbable and photographed buildings.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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Gustave Eiffel's crimson 1884 railway arch spanning 165 m across the Truyère gorge in the Cantal, a direct engineering ancestor of his tower and floodlit red at night; viewpoints sit just off the A75.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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