Chapel of Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe in France

17 July 2020 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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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.   read more…

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