Chapel of Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe in France
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Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe (St. Michael of the Needle) is a
chapel in
Aiguilhe , near
Le Puy-en-Velay in
France . The chapel is reached by 268 steps carved into the rock. It was built in 969 on a
volcanic plug 85 metres (279 ft) high. The surface on top of the plug is 57 metres (187 ft) in diameter.
Bishop Godescalc of Le Puy-en-Velay had the chapel built to celebrate his return from the pilgrimage of Saint James in 951. The chapel is dedicated to the Archangel Michael , the patron of mountaintops and other high places.
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A prehistoric
dolmen dedicated to
Mercury by the
Romans was built on the volcanic plug before the construction of the chapel. Three stones from this dolmen are said to be incorporated into the chapel.
In the
12th century , the chapel was enlarged, and a
nave ,
ambulatory , two side chapels, a
narthex , a carved
portal , more
frescoes , and a
bell tower were added. The bell tower was built in the style of the nearby
Cathedral Notre-Dame-du-Puy . In 1429, the mother of
Joan of Arc ,
Isabelle Romée , was thought to have come to the site to pray.
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