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Puy de Dôme

A fantastic view of the Chaine de Puys, with the craters from their ancient volcanic activities now covered with pastures of rolling grass, can be obtained from the peak of the Puy de Dôme.

Pascal also conducted one of his two experiments that proved the existence of a vacuum.

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