Puy Lacroix
Puy Lacroix is a volcano in Saint-Genès-Champanelle, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 1,120 metres. Puy Lacroix is situated nearby to the locality Triolle, as well as near Sigoine.Places of Interest
Highlights include Puy-de-Dôme and Temple of Mercury.
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.
Temple of Mercury
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
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.
Puy Lacroix
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,120 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Saint-Genès-Champanelle, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.7658° or 45° 45′ 57″ northLongitude
2.9563° or 2° 57′ 23″ eastElevation
1,120 metres (3,675 feet)Open location code
8FQ4QX84+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 4172143201OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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