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

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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. Temple of Mercury is situated 1 km northeast of Boucle des Dômes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chamalières and Égaules.

Chamalières

Town

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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 Boucle des Dômes.

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 Boucle des Dômes.

Clermont-Ferrand

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Clermont-Ferrand is a city in central France, the capital of the Auvergne region. Population 140,000.

Boucle des Dômes

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Saint-Genès-Champanelle, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude

45.76433° or 45° 45′ 52″ north

Longitude

2.95623° or 2° 57′ 22″ east

Open location code

8FQ4QX74+PF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9850601535

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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