Auvérnia-Ródano-Alpes · France
In the destination Le Puy, Conques and the Vale do Lot.
In the photo: Rock pinnacles and historic center of Le Puy-en-Velay.
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The city
Le Puy-en-Velay is the town of volcanic rock pinnacles in the French Massif Central, and the starting point of the Le Puy route to Santiago. The cathedral of Notre-Dame, a World Heritage site, rises via a staircase atop the old town; beside it, the Corneille rock has the statue of Notre-Dame de France at its summit, and the chapel of Saint-Michel perches on the needle of Aiguilhe. It is also land of bobbin lace, green lentils and the Musée Crozatier.
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Routes in France
The most traveled Way of St. James in France: from Le Puy-en-Velay to the Pyrenees, on foot, across the Aubrac plateau, via Conques, Cahors and Moissac, to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, where the Camino Francés begins.
The local experience
The Romanesque cathedral atop the old town, a World Heritage site as part of the Routes of Santiago in France, with the Black Madonna, the fever stone and a cloister of polychrome arches.
The chapel of Saint-Michel, from the 10th century, atop an 82-meter volcanic rock needle, reached by a stairway of 268 steps.
The volcanic rock behind the cathedral, about 750 metres above sea level, with the statue of Notre-Dame de France on top, made in the 19th century from the metal of cannons from Sebastopol.
Encyclopaedic museum founded in 1820, in the Jardin Henri-Vinay, with fine arts, archaeology, natural history, technical objects and a collection of Puy lace. It reopened after a lengthy renovation.
The stone streets that climb from the place du Plot up to the cathedral via the rue des Tables, with old houses, workshops and bobbin-lace shops, and the Saturday market.
The ruins of the fortress of the viscounts of Polignac, on a basalt plateau 5 km from Le Puy, with the keep and the view over the valley.
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