Couvent de la Visitation du Puy-en-Velay

Couvent de la Visitation du Puy-en-Velay is a monastery in Le Puy-en-Velay, Arrondissement du Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Couvent de la Visitation du Puy-en-Velay is situated nearby to the government office Conseil département de la Haute-Loire, as well as near the historic building Hôtel du Département.

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Type: Monastery
Description: convent located in Haute-Loire, in France
Also known as: “Couvent de la visitation”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hôtels de Girardin et de Luzy and Le Puy Cathedral.

Hôtels de Girardin et de Luzy

Historic house

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Hôtels de Girardin et de Luzy is a historic house, which is situated 140 metres east of Couvent de la Visitation du Puy-en-Velay.

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 180 metres southeast of Couvent de la Visitation du Puy-en-Velay.

Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe

Church

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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 380 metres north of Couvent de la Visitation du Puy-en-Velay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aiguilhe and Espaly-Saint-Marcel.

Aiguilhe

Village

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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.