Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe
Aiguilhe, France
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe is a Romanesque chapel in Aiguilhe, near Le Puy-en-Velay, France, perched on a volcanic plug 85 metres high and reached by 268 steps carved into the rock. Built in 969 by Bishop Godescalc of Le Puy-en-Velay to celebrate his return from the pilgrimage of Saint James in 951, it is dedicated to the Archangel Michael. In the 12th century it was enlarged with a nave, ambulatory, two side chapels, a narthex, a carved portal and a bell tower modelled on that of the nearby Cathedral Notre-Dame-du-Puy.
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- Type
- church building
- Heritage
- classified historical monument
- Place
- Aiguilhe, France
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