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Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe

Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe (St. Michael of the Needle) is a chapel in Aiguilhe, near Le Puy-en-Velay, France. The chapel is reached by 268 steps carved into the rock. It was built in 969 on a volcanic plug high. The surface on top of the plug is 57 metres (187 ft) in diameter. Read more on Wikipedia

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