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Pages in category "Megalithic monuments in France" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
This is a list of sites where claims for the use of archaeoastronomy have been made, sorted by country.. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) jointly published a thematic study on heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy to be used as a guide to UNESCO in its evaluation of the cultural importance of archaeoastronomical ...
Along with the Tumulus of Bougon and Locmariaquer megaliths, also located in Great West France, it is one of the earliest megalithic monuments in Europe and one of the oldest man-made structures in the world. [1] It is also remarkable for the presence of megalithic art. [2]
List of megalithic sites; List of tallest statues; List of statues; List of colossal sculpture in situ; List of archaeoastronomical sites sorted by country; List of Egyptian pyramids; List of Mesoamerican pyramids
The Pyrénées-Orientales department is located in the extreme south of France, eastern section of the Pyrenees mountain range and the Plaine du Roussillon [].The mountainous region of the county consists of the Albera massif to the southeast, the Corbières massif to the north, and the historic regions of Vallespir, Conflent, Cerdagne, and Capcir, which make up almost 50% of the department's ...
Megalithic monuments in France (2 C, 16 P) R. Rock art in France (2 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric sites in France" The following 60 pages are in this ...
The Ménec alignments, the best-known megalithic site among the Carnac stones Stones in the Kerlescan alignments Megalithic alignments at Carnac Le Menec alignments. The Carnac stones (Breton: Steudadoù Karnag) are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli ...
The Coma Enestapera dolmen is described in detail, with photos and plan, in Josep Tarrús Galter's thesis, defended in 1999 and published in 2002, which includes an exhaustive inventory of megalithic monuments in the cross-border Pyrenees between Roussillon and Alt Empordà, [16] then in 2011 by Jean Abélanet in a book describing megalithism ...