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Statue of Vercingetorix - a Gaulish king who defeated Julius Caesar's forces near here in 52 BC

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DSC_5129.jpg Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is unusual in that it's made of black volcanic rockThumbnailsClermont-Ferrand is dominated by this 4,800' extinct volcanic cone - 'Puy de Dôme'Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is unusual in that it's made of black volcanic rockThumbnailsClermont-Ferrand is dominated by this 4,800' extinct volcanic cone - 'Puy de Dôme'Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is unusual in that it's made of black volcanic rockThumbnailsClermont-Ferrand is dominated by this 4,800' extinct volcanic cone - 'Puy de Dôme'Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is unusual in that it's made of black volcanic rockThumbnailsClermont-Ferrand is dominated by this 4,800' extinct volcanic cone - 'Puy de Dôme'

Later that same year, though, Julius Caesar won the rematch - making this area part of the Roman Empire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercingetorix

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