Le Puy-en-Velay

Le Puy was a major bishopric in medieval France, founded very early, though the early history is legendary. It was for sure already a place of worship in pagan times.

The Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation in Le Puy was (and still is) the starting point of the Via Podensis, the pilgrim route that runs about 1600 kms to Santiago de Compostela.

The first time I really reached Le Puy was in summer 2008, when I walked from Geneva to Conques. I had been here be car before 2008, but that was just too easy. In 2008 I took a break here for a couple of days, before I continued the "chemin".

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Since then it feels like "coming home", when I see Le Puy. This time I had choosen a chambre d'hôtes in the center of the old town. It was located in the house, where the Provost lived once, neighbouring the cathedral.