Lac Pavin
Besse, Italy
Lac Pavin or Lake Pavin (Auvergnat: Lac Pavent) is a meromictic crater lake, located in the Dore mountains, in Auvergne (Massif central), in the territory of the commune of Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme department of France, between Besse-en-Chandesse and Super-Besse. Formed by phreatomagmat
ism 6,900 years ago, this crater lake is the youngest volcano in mainland France It gives its name to a cheese: Pavin cheese.
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- Chapelle Notre-Dame de Vassivière chiese · 3 km away
- Beffroi monumenti · 4 km away
- Maison monumenti · 4 km away
- Maison dite de la reine Margot monumenti · 4 km away
- Fontaine du 16e siècle située sur la place centrale monumenti · 4 km away
- Maison des Boucheries monumenti · 4 km away
- Ancien château du Bailli castelli · 4 km away
- Église Saint-Georges chiese · 7 km away