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| Chapelle Saint-Michel floats on its volcano plug above Le Puy |
It was about 7 years ago on another French road trip that we drove through Puy and I remember catching a glimpse of a remarkable church floating on the top of a volcanic plug.
We have come back. We climbed the 268 steps carved into the volcanic rock to visit the chapel whose story goes back to 969. Through the eons there have been additions to the original chapel including the rampart walk and yet it retains its ancient and soulful heart.
The inside is just so beautiful, deeply carved into its rock base the chapel is decorated with faded frescoes that still move us as tourists or as pilgrims, just as they would have done for the thousand years of pilgrim souls who have passed here along their individual caminos. A special reflective moment for us.
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| The beautiful frescoes of the St Michael Chapel |
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