History
Jean Buridan climbed the mountain early in the fourteenth century; Petrarch (accompanied by his brother) repeated the feat on April 26, 1336, and claimed to have been the first to climb the mountain since antiquity. This claim has been widely repeated since.
The 15th century saw the construction of a chapel on the top, dedicated to the Holy Cross.
In 1882, a meteorological station was constructed on the summit, though it is no longer in use. This observatory was planned in 1879, along with a carriage road for access. In the 1960s a 50m-high telecommunications mast was built.
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