Le Puy (English spelling)

Japanese: ル･ピュイ（英語表記）Le Puy

A city in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. Population 24,064 (1982). Located along the Borne River, a tributary of the Loire River. Several rocky mountains remain in the volcanic basin that have withstood erosion, and each one has a church or statue of the Virgin Mary on its peak, creating a unique landscape. Notre Dame Cathedral is located on the site of an old Roman temple on a hill in the city center, and was rebuilt in the Romanesque style in the 11th and 12th centuries. The Black Madonna statue, which was burned during the French Revolution, attracted pilgrims from abroad throughout the Middle Ages, and Le Puy flourished as an important stop on the way to Santiago de Compostela.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

フランス中南部，オート･ロアール県の都市。人口2万4064(1982)。ロアール川支流ボルヌBorne川に沿う。火山性盆地内に浸食に耐えた岩山がいくつか残り，おのおのの頂を教会堂や聖母像が占めて独特の景観を呈する。ノートル･ダム大聖堂は市心の丘の上の旧ローマ神殿跡に位置し，11～12世紀にロマネスク様式で再建されたもの。大革命時に焼失した〈黒い聖母〉像は，中世を通じて外国からも巡礼をひきつけ，ル･ピュイは，サンチアゴ･デ･コンポステラへの重要な宿駅として栄えた。

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