Le Puy route

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The Le Puy route is one of the main French pilgrimage paths leading to Santiago de Compostela, beginning in Le Puy-en-Velay and traversing central and southwestern France.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chemin du Puy 2
Le Puy route canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Way of St. James route
long-distance footpath
pilgrimage route
associatedWith Saint James the Greater
connectsTo Camino Francés at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
linked to: Camino Francés
country France
hasApproximateLength 750 km
hasName Chemin du Puy
linked to: Le Puy route

Via Podiensis
hasPilgrimCredentialUse pilgrims often carry a credencial for stamps along the route
hasStartingPointBuilding Le Puy-en-Velay Cathedral
hasSymbol scallop shell
hasUNESCORelation part of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France World Heritage serial property
hasWaymarking red and white GR blazes
historicalSignificance medieval pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela
languageOfName French
leadsTo Santiago de Compostela
locatedIn France
maintainedBy French hiking associations
partOf Camino de Santiago network
linked to: Camino de Santiago
passesThrough Aire-sur-l’Adour
Aubrac
linked to: Aubrac plateau

Cahors
Conques
Espalion
Estaing
Figeac
Lectoure
Moissac
Navarrenx
Nogaro
passesThroughRegion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Occitanie
recognizedAs GR 65
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
seasonOfHighestUse spring
summer
signpostedAs GR 65
startsAt Le Puy-en-Velay
terminatesAt Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
tourismType cultural tourism
religious tourism
traverses central France
southwestern France
usedFor long-distance hiking
religious pilgrimage

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camino de Santiago hasMajorRoute Chemin du Puy
linked to: Le Puy route
Le Puy route hasName Chemin du Puy
linked to: Le Puy route