Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . LE PUY P/aie CXXIV. •?**^. S. MICHEL DE LAIGUILLE—LE PUY CH. xxiii] FRANCE—AUVERGNE 143 On a wonderful pinnacle of basaltic rock (Fig. 109) s. Michdthat rises in a suburb of Le Puy is perched most pic- guuieturesquely the little church of S. Michel de lAiguille,dedicated to the saint of such airy sites, which wasoriginally founded by a dean of the cathedral about 963\though the present building can hardly be older than thenth or earlier part of the 12th century. Its plan isadapted to the irregular shape of the summit, which itoccupies entirely, but contr
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . LE PUY P/aie CXXIV. •?**^. S. MICHEL DE LAIGUILLE—LE PUY CH. xxiii] FRANCE—AUVERGNE 143 On a wonderful pinnacle of basaltic rock (Fig. 109) s. Michdthat rises in a suburb of Le Puy is perched most pic- guuieturesquely the little church of S. Michel de lAiguille,dedicated to the saint of such airy sites, which wasoriginally founded by a dean of the cathedral about 963\though the present building can hardly be older than thenth or earlier part of the 12th century. Its plan isadapted to the irregular shape of the summit, which itoccupies entirely, but contrives to have something likea central tower and a semi-circular aisle. A lofty towerrises at one corner. The ascent is by a long flight of steps cut in therock, and room is found on the summit for a narrowwalk round the building defended by a stone parapet. The entrance (Plate CXXIV) is by a door at thehead of a steep flight of stairs under a horse-shoe trefoiledarch, and the whole of the little fa9ade is decorated withmosaic of basalt, white stone,
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