Fave Valley – Saint-Dié Cathedral loop from St-Michel-sur-Meurthe

Saint-Michel-Sur-Meurthe

Fave Valley – Saint-Dié Cathedral loop from St-Michel-sur-Meurthe

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Fave Valley – Saint-Dié Cathedral loop from St-Michel-sur-Meurthe

02:38

58.8km

610m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 51.2 km for 80 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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13.0 km

Col des Raids

Mountain Pass

21.9 km

Col du Las

Mountain Pass

25.4 km

Viewpoint

33.3 km

Fountain "Eau potable" à Colroy-la-Grande

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As in Germany, most fountains are merely decorative and labeled "Water not suitable for drinking." It's therefore all the more pleasant to find a fountain here that even explicitly says "drinking water."

One of the few fountains in the area has drinking water.

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38.3 km

Fave Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Very beautiful valley but beware the wind can be formidable.

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50.7 km

Saint-Dié Cathedral

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As early as the 7th century, Deodatus (French Dieudonné), who was revered by the people as a saint, is said to have founded a monastery here, from which a community of canons then developed in the 10th century. At that time the church wore the patron saint of St. Mauritius. The diocese of Saint-Dié was only established in 1777 by Pope Pius VI. († 1799) built. The church building, which was built in different architectural styles, was blown up by the Germans in 1944, destroying the entire nave and the choir area along with their vaults. The reconstruction lasted until 1974; in this year the church was newly consecrated. Most of the stained glass windows were made and inserted in the 1980s.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint-Di%C3%A9

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51.2 km

Liberty Tower

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Freedom Tower (Tour de la Liberté), built on the occasion of the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989 by Jean-Marie Hennin (architect) and Nicolas Normier (specialist in metal construction) initially in the Tuileries of Paris. The inauguration in Saint-Dié took place on July 14, 1990. Dedication of the artists: We devote all zeal and energy consumed to achieving freedom to those for whom every hope of attaining the lack of understanding and anxiety of others ceases to be physically and mentally handicapped, asylum seekers and abandoned. Height 36 meters, length of the big wings 32 meters.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Di%C3%A9-des-Vosges#Sehensw.C3.Brdigkeiten

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