Gravity hill

A gravity hill, also known as a magnetic hill, mystery hill, mystery spot, gravity road, or anti-gravity hill, is a place where the layout of the surrounding land produces an illusion, making a slight downhill slope appear to be an uphill slope.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: place where the layout of the surrounding land produces an optical illusion, making a slight downhill slope appear to be an uphill slope
  • Also known as: “Curiosité de Lauriole”, “gravity hill”, “gravity road”, “La Côte qui descend”, “magnetic hill”, “mystery hill”, and “mystery spot”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapelle Saint-Germain de Cesseras and Chapelle de Centheilles.

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is situated 3 km southeast of Gravity hill.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Gravity hill.

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is situated 4 km south of Gravity hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Azillanet and Minerve.

Village
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is a commune in the department in southern . is situated 6 km southeast of Gravity hill.

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is a town of 100 people in . has been included in the list of the "most beautiful villages in France". The extraordinary natural environment of the town has earned it most of its tourist attraction.

Gravity hill

Latitude
43.34805° or 43° 20′ 53″ north
Longitude
2.67138° or 2° 40′ 17″ east
Open location code
8FM48MXC+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2407725312
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2086896
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Gravity hill” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “التلة المغناطيسية”
  • Arabic: “تلة مغناطيسية”
  • Arabic: “جبل مغناطيسي”
  • Armenian: “Մագնիսական լեռ”
  • Asturian: “Llomba gravitacional”
  • Bengali: “অভিকর্ষ পর্বত”
  • Burmese: “မြေဆွဲအား တောင်ကုန်း”
  • Chinese: “Gravity hill”
  • Chinese: “重力山”
  • Chinese: “重力斜坡”
  • Czech: “gravitační kopec”
  • Czech: “magnetický kopec”
  • Czech: “Magnetický kopec”
  • Danish: “Gravitationsbakke”
  • Dutch: “gravitatieheuvel”
  • Dutch: “Gravitatieheuvel”
  • Dutch: “magnetische heuvel”
  • Esperanto: “gravitomonto”
  • French: “côte magnétique”
  • French: “Côte magnétique”
  • French: “Route magique”
  • Georgian: “მაგნიტური ბორცვი”
  • Gujarati: “ચુંબકીય ટેકરીઓ”
  • Hebrew: “הכביש המכושף”
  • Hungarian: “gravitációs domb”
  • Hungarian: “Gravitációs domb”
  • Indonesian: “Bukit gravitasi”
  • Italian: “Discesa in salita”
  • Italian: “Salita in discesa”
  • Japanese: “グラビティヒル”
  • Javanese: “Igir magnet”
  • Javanese: “Punthuk magnèt”
  • Kazakh: “Жоба:Инкубатор/Гравитациялық төбе”
  • Korean: “도깨비도로”
  • Persian: “تپه گرانشی”
  • Polish: “magiczna górka”
  • Polish: “Magiczna górka”
  • Portuguese: “ladeira gravitacional”
  • Portuguese: “Ladeira gravitacional”
  • Russian: “Гравитационный холм”
  • Slovak: “magnetický kopec”
  • Slovenian: “gravitacijski hrib”
  • Slovenian: “magnetni hrib”
  • Spanish: “Colina gravitacional”
  • Swedish: “Magnetisk kulle”
  • Thai: “เนินความโน้มถ่วง”
  • Ukrainian: “Гравітаційний пагорб”
  • Urdu: “کشش ثقل پہاڑی”

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