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Clermont-Ferrand in Central France

How Caesar Lost a Battle in the Deep Heart of France

October 13, 2016October 30, 2016 Richard AlexanderNotes from History

The plateau at Gergovia isn’t necessarily the first thing you’d notice when you come to this area.  The great volcanoes of the Massif Central rise in the background and they’re more rugged, more beautiful than this lump of basalt.  Clermont-Ferrand lies at the plateau’s base, its brooding black lava cathedral dominating the city’s skyline. 

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