Lavoûte-Chilhac – Notre-Dame Trouvée
Lavoûte-Chilhac, a medieval village nestled in a meander of the Allier, is famous for a pebble relic, Notre-Dame-Trouvée, kept in Ste-Croix-de-Volte Church
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Pounti – Traditional Recipe from Cantal
Pounti, a traditional sucre-sale dish from Cantal and Aveyron in Southern Auvergne, prepared with mincemeat, chard leaves, flour, eggs, milk and prunes
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Baskets Festival Montsalvy
Fête des Paniers de Montsalvy, an annual basketry festival that takes place the last Saturday of July, and aims at reviving and promoting Cantal traditions
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Charcoal-burners – Auvergne Charbonniers
Charcoal production was a traditional activity in Auvergne, a region of Central France known for its extensive forests of oaks, beech and softwood
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Châtaigneraie region in Cantal
The southwest of the department of Cantal is known as La Châtaigneraie, a region of rolling hills traditionally dedicated to the culture of chestnut trees
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Notre-Dame-de-France – Puy-en-Velay
Notre-Dame-de-France statue, a monumental Virgin overlooking Le Puy-en-Velay in Auvergne, and cast from the bronze of the canons seized at Sebastopol
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Tissu Vichy – Gingham
Tissu Vichy, a French checkered cotton fabric known as gingham in English, a pattern Brigitte Bardot made trendy when she used it for her wedding dress
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Pastilles de Vichy – Lozenges
Pastilles de Vichy, white octagonal lozenges produced from the mineral waters of the spa town of Vichy in Auvergne and known for their digestive properties
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Vichy-Célestins mineral water source
Vichy-Célestins is a naturally carbonated mineral water that springs in the park of the former Couvent des Célestins in the spa town of Vichy in Auvergne
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Traveling to Auvergne from the UK
Traveling to Auvergne from the UK by means of air, land and sea is easy as the region is served by one airport, excellent rail and road networks
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Fairy Chimney – Cheminée des Fées de Cotteuges
The fairy chimney of Cotteuges in Auvergne, a column of clay protected from millennia of erosion by a block of lava projected during a volcanic eruption
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Grottes de Jonas troglodyte village
The Grottes de Jonas, a troglodyte village nestled within the cliffs of Auvergne, boasts a rich history spanning from ancient times until the French Revolution
