Le Puy-en-Velay is a magnificent pearl of the French region #Auvergne. The first settlement on this site arose in the Roman era. The city gained fame in the Middle Ages as a major spiritual center. The first Christian church was built here in the IV century, and in the fifth - the first churches on the site of Notre Dame du Puy, the main temple of the city. Le Puy-en-Velay was the residence of the counts-bishops, many of whom became famous throughout the Catholic world. One of them - Godeskalk in 950-951, was the first to make a pilgrimage to the grave of St. James in Compostel. Since then, one of the routes of the pilgrimage route “The Way of St. James” begins in Le Puy. Subsequently, the city lost its significance as a spiritual center, remaining a place of pilgrimage. The main architectural, historical and spiritual shrine of the city is the Notre-Dame-du-Puy Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Recorded in July 2019. Music: FormantX -Black Radiance-; So Vea -If I Only-;
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