Perhaps one of the most remarkable sights in France, a chapel perched on a volcanic plug. This is the Rock of Aiguilhe, on the edge of the town of Puy en Velay, in the Auvergne. The Chapelle Saint-Michel has stood there for 1042 years, since Bishop Gothescalk had it built in 962 on his return from a pilgrimage to Santiago del Compostella in Galicia. In 1955 workers found relics under the alter that had been there since it was built.Thursday, December 27, 2012
Perhaps one of the m
Perhaps one of the most remarkable sights in France, a chapel perched on a volcanic plug. This is the Rock of Aiguilhe, on the edge of the town of Puy en Velay, in the Auvergne. The Chapelle Saint-Michel has stood there for 1042 years, since Bishop Gothescalk had it built in 962 on his return from a pilgrimage to Santiago del Compostella in Galicia. In 1955 workers found relics under the alter that had been there since it was built.
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a chapel perched on a volcanic plug. This is the Rock of Aiguilhe,
in the Auvergne. The Chapelle Saint-Michel has stood there for 1042 years,
on the edge of the town of Puy en Velay,
Perhaps one of the m Perhaps one of the most remarkable sights in France,
since Bishop Gothescalk had it built in 962 on his return from a pilgrimage to Santi
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