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Auvergne terrain map. Auvergne is known for its mountain ranges and dormant volcanoes. Together the Monts Dore and the Chaîne des Puys include 80 volcanoes. The Puy de Dôme is the highest volcano in the region, with an altitude of 1,465 metres (4,806 ft).
Christianized by Saint Austremoine, Auvergne was quite prosperous during the Roman period. After a short time under the Visigoths, it was conquered by the Franks in 507. During the earlier medieval period, Auvergne was a county within the duchy of Aquitaine and from time to time part of the "Angevin Empire".
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Thiers ( French pronunciation: [tjɛːʁ] ⓘ ; Auvergnat : Tièrn ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department of Auvergne in central France . [ 3 ]
Puy de Dôme. In pre-Christian Europe, Puy de Dôme was an assembly place for spiritual ceremonies. [6] Temples were built at the summit, including a Gallo-Roman temple of Mercury, the ruins of which were discovered in 1872.
The Château de Chavaniac aka Chateau Lafayette [1] [2] [3] is a fortified manor house of eighteen rooms furnished in the Louis XIII style located in Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire, in Auvergne province, France. Flanked by two towers of black stone, it was built in the 14th century and was the birthplace of General Lafayette in 1757.
There had been local interest in motorsport racing beginning with proposals in 1908 for a race on a street circuit, although the proposals were never enacted. [1] Efforts were renewed after the Second World War when the President of the Sports Association of the Automobile Club of Auvergne, Jean Auchatraire, and accomplished racer Louis Rosier designed a course by adapting pre-existing roads ...
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Châtel-Guyon ( French: [ʃɑtɛl ɡɥijɔ̃] ; Auvergnat : Chastel Guion ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France .
The Arverni (Gaulish: *Aruernoi) were a Gallic people dwelling in the modern Auvergne region during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They were one of the most powerful tribes of ancient Gaul, contesting primacy over the region with the neighbouring Aedui. [1] They are mentioned in 207 BC as treating with Carthaginian commandant Hasdrubal Barca.