Haute-Loire
Arrondissement du Puy-en-Velay
Aiguilhe

Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe

Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe is a in , near , . The chapel is reached by 268 steps carved into the rock. It was built in 969 on a volcanic plug 85 metres high.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church located in Haute-Loire, in France
  • Also known as: “Chapelle Saint-Michel”
  • Wheelchair access: no
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hôtels de Girardin et de Luzy and Chapelle Saint-Clair d’Aiguilhe.

Historic house
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is a historic house, which is situated 420 metres southeast of Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe.

Building
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is a building, which is situated 120 metres southeast of Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe.

Church
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is a Catholic church located in , in the French region of Auvergne. The cathedral is a national monument. It has been a centre of pilgrimage in its own right since before the time of Charlemagne, as well as being a stopover on the pilgrimage route to . is situated 520 metres south of Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aiguilhe and Le Puy-en-Velay.

Village
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is a commune in the department in south-central . is close to , and famous for the Saint Michel chapel. Raymond of Aguilers was from here.

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is the prefecture and main town of the Haute-Loire department, in , 150 km south-west from . It is an old town with legendary history, historically an important pilgrimage destination, and still a main starting point for the St.

Village
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is a commune in the department in south-central .

Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe

Latitude
45.05001° or 45° 3′ north
Longitude
3.8825° or 3° 52′ 57″ east
Open location code
8FQ53V2J+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 165990977
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q3129160
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Frisian—“Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “San Migel Aiguilhekoa”
  • Bulgarian: “Сен Мишел д’Егил”
  • Bulgarian: “Сен-Мишел д’Егий”
  • Chinese: “艾古力圣弥额尔礼拜堂”
  • Chinese: “艾古力聖彌額爾禮拜堂”
  • Dutch: “Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe”
  • French: “église Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe”
  • French: “Église Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe”
  • French: “église Saint-Michel et cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption du Puy de Aiguilhe”
  • German: “St-Michel (Aiguilhe)”
  • German: “St-Michel”
  • Greek: “Σαιν Μισέλ ντ΄Εγκίλ”
  • Greek: “Σαιν Μισέλ ντ΄Εγκυίγ”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Mihály-kápolna”
  • Italian: “cappella di Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe”
  • Italian: “Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe”
  • Japanese: “サン・ミシェル・デギュイユ岩峰”
  • Japanese: “サン・ミシェル・デギュイユ礼拝堂”
  • Japanese: “サン・ミシェル・デギル礼拝堂”
  • Polish: “Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Miguel de Aiguilhe”
  • Russian: “Сен-Мишель”
  • Russian: “Церковь Сен-Мишель в Эгиле”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Miguel de Aiguilhe”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Miguel de Aiguilhe”
  • Tamil: “புனித மிக்கேல் சிற்றாலயம், எகில்ல”
  • Western Frisian: “Chapelle Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe”. Photo: Hélène Grenier, CC BY-SA 3.0.