Polignac

A ring of houses wraps around the foot of a basalt volcanic plug at Polignac, and on top, about a hundred metres above the village, stands a vast fortress. Its square keep reaches 32 metres. The village lies a few kilometres from Le Puy-en-Velay in a landscape of old volcanoes, including Mont Denise.

Highlights

• The Forteresse de Polignac and its 32-metre square keep (FR)
• Houses laid out in a circle around the basalt rock
• Mont Denise, an old volcano on the commune's northern edge
• Château de Lavoûte-Polignac, a few kilometres away (FR)

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