Statue de Notre-Dame de France
Statue de Notre-Dame de France is a memorial in Aiguilhe, Arrondissement du Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Statue de Notre-Dame de France is situated nearby to the volcano rocher Corneille, as well as near the protected area Rocher de Corneille.Photo: Rvalette, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hôtels de Girardin et de Luzy and Le Puy Cathedral.
Hôtels de Girardin et de Luzy
Historic house
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hôtels de Girardin et de Luzy is a historic house.
Le Puy Cathedral
Church
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Le Puy Cathedral is a Catholic church located in Le Puy-en-Velay, 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 Santiago de Compostela. Le Puy Cathedral is situated 190 metres south of Statue de Notre-Dame de France.
Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe
Church
Photo: Hélène Grenier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe is a chapel in Aiguilhe, near Le Puy-en-Velay, France. The chapel is reached by 268 steps carved into the rock. It was built in 969 on a volcanic plug 85 metres high. Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe is situated 370 metres northwest of Statue de Notre-Dame de France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Puy-en-Velay and Aiguilhe.
Le Puy-en-Velay
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Le Puy-en-Velay is the prefecture and main town of the Haute-Loire department, in Auvergne, 150 km south-west from Lyon. It is an old town with legendary history, historically an important pilgrimage destination, and still a main starting point for the St.
Aiguilhe
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Aiguilhe is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. Aiguilhe is close to Le Puy-en-Velay, and famous for the Saint Michel chapel. Raymond of Aguilers was from here.
Espaly-Saint-Marcel
Village
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Espaly-Saint-Marcel is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
Statue de Notre-Dame de France
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monumental sculpture
- Categories: monumental sculpture, statue, building, and historic site
- Location: Aiguilhe, Arrondissement du Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.04728° or 45° 2′ 50″ northLongitude
3.88521° or 3° 53′ 7″ eastInception
September 12th, 1860Height
23 metres (74 feet)Open location code
8FQ52VWP+W3OpenStreetMap ID
way 195696338OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q805533
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Hungarian—“Statue de Notre-Dame de France” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “法國聖母”
- Chinese: “法國聖母雕像”
- French: “statue de Notre-Dame de France”
- French: “Statue de Notre-Dame de France”
- German: “Statue Notre-Dame de la France”
- Hungarian: “Franciaország Nagyasszonyának szobra”
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