Many houses in Murat are built of bricks made of volcanic rocks: this small town is located at the base of the Monts du Cantal, representing the remnants of an ancient stratovolcano active between 13 and 2 million years ago.

Keywords

local tradition, mirror of the past, townscape, volcanic rocks, volcanism

Created

Thursday 22 April 2010 by Martin Mergili in Europe / France (2329 visits)