Notre-Dame-de-France on the Rocher Corneille

Notre-Dame-de-France statue is one of the many landmarks of the beautiful city of Le Puy-en-Velay in Haute-Loire. The Virgin is represented blessing the city from the top of a 132m high volcanic spur, the Rocher Corneille. She wears a crown of stars and carries the Child Jesus on her arm, while holding a globe and crushing a snake under her foot. Jean Bonnassieux sculpted the statue in 1860. However, Father Xavier Ravignan and Bishop Pierre Darcimoles decided of its creation a decade earlier.