En allant d’un lieu d’échange de travail à un autre dans le sud de la France, nous avons profité d’une journée de tourisme dans la ville de Puy-en-Velay.
Selon About-France.com, c’est au Puy en Velay que beaucoup des premiers pèlerins se sont rassemblés pour le départ du difficile voyage vers le sanctuaire de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, la grande destination de pèlerinage médiéval en Espagne. Les premiers pèlerinages partent du Puy à la fin du Xe siècle, et au Moyen Âge, la ville devient un centre religieux majeur, le grand point de départ de l’un des grands itinéraires de pèlerinage de Compostelle, la Via Podiensis.
Alors que l’idée du trekking à Santiago s’est évanouie pendant des siècles après le Moyen Âge, devenant une tâche à entreprendre uniquement par les très dévoués ou (fous) hardis, elle est maintenant bien revenue à la mode. Aujourd’hui, Le Puy a retrouvé sa place importante de point de départ du plus grand itinéraire de pèlerinage européen, un chemin de randonnée de plus de 1000 km parcouru chaque année, en tout ou en partie, par plusieurs milliers de pèlerins ou de randonneurs.
Jetez un œil à nos photos de cette charmante ville ci-dessous !
Luxury for me is visiting a sunny park in December
Swan
Impressive trees
Arch in a park
Cute goats enclosed in the park
Such a beauty! Strange seeing animals enclosed, though.
Such a beauty! Strange seeing animals enclosed, though.
Window shopping – gathering inspiration for crafts projects
Window shopping – gathering inspiration for crafts projectsBizarre/artsy window display at a hairdresser
My kind of art!
The great iron statue of Notre Dame de France overlooking Le Puy
Water fountain
Shutters with hearts <3
Charming colourful narrow streets
Charming colourful narrow streets decorated for Christmas
Charming pastel coloured houses
Pastel coloured houses
The happy window shopper found herself an antique bookstore
Le Petit Journal from 17th of May 1908 showing suffragettes seizing a ballot box. France was one of the last countries in the West to recognize female suffrage (women’s right to vote), in 1944!
Window shopping!
Awesome photo displayed at the antique bookstore
Jean showing the scale of the buildings
Adorable lace work, typical for Le Puy
Charming French sign
Street view
Street view
The twelfth century Notre Dame Cathedral
The twelfth century Notre Dame Cathedral
The twelfth century Notre Dame Cathedral
View from the twelfth century Notre Dame Cathedral
Sculpture at the entrance of the twelfth century Notre Dame Cathedral
« Join our volunteer teams to help those who are lonely and destitute near you. They need you! »
Do you think your façade lacks windows? Paint them on!
Windows
The great iron statue of Notre Dame de France, greeting us with locked gates. Guess we’ll check out the view another time!
The only way to reach the 10th century chapel of Saint Michel de l’Aiguilhe is up 268 steps. Closed on Sundays. Guess we’ll check out this view another time as well!
Another site closed, but they did have this nice photo outside…
Free books! Give and take as you please.
Seagreen shutters and heartshaped wrought iron on stone house. Charm!
Jean checking out the hight of the locals 😉
The cat that was my true motive hid just before I took the shoot
Me and anything seagreenish…
The cat looking out the window at our hostess’ place
