Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Our Lady of Monton – Puy-de-Dome – Auvergne

Our Lady of Monton, the monumental statue of the Virgin Mary built in order to redeem the atrocities of the French Revolution stands next to a WWI German gun

Monton troglodyte dwellings in Puy-de-Dome

Monton troglodyte dwellings near Clermont-Ferrand in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in Auvergne were listed in the inventory of ‘picturesque sites’ in 1987

Puy de Dome – Volcano in Chaine des Puys

The Puy de Dome in Auvergne, listed as Grand Site de France and the highest volcano in the Chaine des Puys, a 40km long range of eighty dormant volcanoes

Volcanoes – Auvergne Region – Central France

Auvergne is in the Massif Central, a land of 450 dormant volcanoes spread in the Chaîne des Puys, Monts Dore, Artense, Cézallier and Monts du Cantal

Bleu d’Auvergne – Blue Cheese – Auvergne

Bleu d’Auvergne one of the AOC and AOP cheeses of Auvergne, a blue cheese invented in 1845 by Antoine Roussel a local cheese producer from the Cantal region

Fourme d’Ambert – Blue Cheese in Auvergne

The AOC and AOP Fourme d’Ambert, a mild blue cheese produced form pasteurized cow’s milk and one of the oldest cheeses from the region Auvergne

Saint Nectaire Cheese – Fromage Auvergne

Saint Nectaire, an uncooked pressed cheese from Auvergne exclusively produced from Salers cow’s milk and protected by an AOC and AOP

Salers Cheese and Cows in Massif Central

Salers, one of the oldest cheeses of Auvergne, an uncooked pressed cheese exclusively produced from Salers cow’s raw milk collected between 15Apr and 15Nov

Cantal Cheese – Auvergne – Massif central

Cantal cheese, a hard or semi-hard cheese produced from Salers cow’s milk collected from 15Nov to 15Apr and one of the oldest cheeses produced in Auvergne

Cheeses – Auvergne – Massif Central – France

Auvergne produces some of the French cheeses which are grouped in 4 categories and 8 families among which 56 are protected and regulated by an AOC or AOP