Ambulatory, Eglise Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe, Aiguilhe, Le Puy-en-Velay, Rhone-Alpes-Auvergne, France

Ambulatory with ceiling frescoes and colonnade, in the Eglise Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe, a Romanesque chapel built by Bishop Godescalc and deacon Trianus in 962 at Aiguilhe, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Rhone-Alpes-Auvergne, France. The chapel sits atop an 85m high volcanic plug and is built from volcanic rock. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Ambulatory with ceiling frescoes and colonnade, in the Eglise Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe, a Romanesque chapel built by Bishop Godescalc and deacon Trianus in 962 at Aiguilhe, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Rhone-Alpes-Auvergne, France. The chapel sits atop an 85m high volcanic plug and is built from volcanic rock. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen