Puy des Grosmanaux Nord

Puy des Grosmanaux Nord is a hill in Saint-Genès-Champanelle, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 1,112 metres. Puy des Grosmanaux Nord is situated nearby to the locality Laschamp, as well as near the hamlet Allagnat.

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Highlights include Puy-de-Dôme and Col de Ceyssat.

Puy-de-Dôme

Volcano

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Puy de Dôme is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central in central France. This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate.

Col de Ceyssat

Mountain saddle

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Col de Ceyssat is a mountain saddle.

Temple of Mercury

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The Temple of Mercury at Puy de Dôme is a Gallo-Roman trachyte temple built in the 2nd century at the summit of the lava dome. It replaced a 1st-century arkose temple on the same site, which was apparently too small to accommodate the many pilgrims who visited.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chamalières and Égaules.

Chamalières

Town

Photo: Alexandre.chassignon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chamalières is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central France. With 17,276 inhabitants, Chamalières is the fourth-largest town in the department. Chamalières is situated 9 km east of Puy des Grosmanaux Nord.

Égaules

Hamlet

Égaules is a small hamlet, part of the Volvic commune in Puy-de-Dôme département, in Auvergne, France. It is situated at an altitude of 800 m upon a spur, where the thalweg is incised at 666 m above sea level. Égaules is situated 9 km northeast of Puy des Grosmanaux Nord.