Description: Universum06_25 1839 Meyer print LE PUY-EN-VELAY, AUVERGNE, FRANCE, #25 Nice view titled Chateau de Puy, from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size is 27 x 18 cm, approx. image size is 15 x 9.5 cm. From Meyer's Universum, published by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen Germany. Le Puy, town, capital of Haute-Loire département, Auvergne région, southern France. Le Puy is situated in the Massif Central, at 2,251 feet (686 m) above sea level, 2 miles (3 km) from the left bank of the Loire River. It lies in the middle of a basin that is surrounded by basalt plateaus bristling with strange volcanic peaks. The town was already a Christian centre in the 4th century. After Muslim invasions forced the neighbouring bishop to seek refuge there in the 6th century, Le Puy became one of the main pilgrimage centres in France. During the Wars of Religion, in the latter part of the 16th century, it sided with the Catholic League. On the highest hill in the town, called Corneille Peak, a statue (53 feet high) of Our Lady of France was erected in 1860. At the foot of the hill, on a platform surrounded by the steep narrow streets of the Old Town, stands the mainly 13th-century Romanesque Cathedral of Notre-Dame, which shows Byzantine influence in its octagonal cupolas and decoration. The adjacent cloister is mainly Romanesque but has Carolingian capitals. On the outskirts of the town a volcanic needle 260 feet (80 m) high is crowned by an 11th-century church, Saint-Michel-d'Aiguilhe, that was ingeniously designed to cover the irregular surface of the rock. About 3 miles (5 km) away, the ruined castle of Polignac stands on a basalt plateau rising sheer from the plain. Le Puy is primarily a market town but has also been a centre for lace making since the 17th century; a fine collection of lace is kept in the Crozatier Museum. The traditional workshops of the town's lace, leather, and brewing industries are in decline, however. Pop. (1982) 22,806.
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Date of Creation: 1800-1899
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Year of Production: 1839
