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Saint-Michel d`Aiguilhe is a chapel in Aiguilhe, near Le Puy-en-Velay, France. It was built in 969 on a volcanic plug 85 metres high.The chapel is reached by 268 steps carved into the rock. It was built to celebrate the return from the pilgrimage of Saint James. |
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