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    lafajɛt]; Occitan: Chavanhac de La Faieta) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. The Château de Chavaniac, located in the commune...
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    front of 120,000 people. Three miles from Le Puy are the ruins of the Château de Polignac, one of the most important feudal strongholds. Each morning,...
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    stands on the upper reaches of the river Loire and is overlooked by the Château de Beaufort, built in the 13th century, of importance during the Hundred...
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    depuis 1968, INSEE Base Mérimée: Ruines du château et terrain qui entoure ces ruines, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Official Web site Wikimedia...
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    the chateau (privately owned), and the roadside cross. The patron saint's festival is usually the first weekend in August. The noble Du Peloux de Saint...
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    into the possession of the La Fayette family in c.1400 under Gilbert Motier de La Fayette. It remained in the family until the French Revolution when it...
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    Arlempdes (category Plus Beaux Villages de France)
    Lavoûte-sur-Loire Lempdes-sur-Allagnon Léotoing Lissac Lorlanges Loudes Lubilhac Malrevers Malvalette Malvières Le Mas-de-Tence Mazerat-Aurouze Mazet-Saint-Voy...
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    notable polychrome frescoes. Hôtel de la Dentelle. Maison du Saumon et de la Rivière, now an aquarium-museum. Château Domeyrat. Eparchius Avitus, buried...
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    The town is dominated by the Forteresse de Polignac with its square donjon tower, 32 m tall. The Chateau de Lavoute Polignac is a few miles away, close...
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    the Loire in the commune. Roman Catholic archbishop Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monistrol-sur-Loire. Communes...
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