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Standing stone sacred places in France
Explore 6 mapped sacred sites in France classified as standing stones. Compare traditions and open detailed, respectful visiting guides.
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Grand Menhir Brisé d'Er Grah
Locmariaquer, Morbihan, France
Before the pyramids rose in Egypt, Neolithic peoples on the coast of Brittany erected a standing stone over twenty meters tall, weighing more than three hundred tonnes....
Menhir de Champ-Dolent
Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Nine and a half meters of pinkish granite rise from a field near Dol-de-Bretagne—100 tonnes hauled four kilometers by people who left no written record....
Piève statue-menhirs
Haute-Corse, France
In the village of Piève in northern Corsica, three Bronze Age granite figures stand before the parish church of San Quilicu....
Santa Maria statue-menhir
Haute-Corse, France
At a crossroads in the Castagniccia village of Cambia, a slender schist standing stone has held its ground for millennia....
Statue-menhir of Tavera
Corse-du-Sud, France
The Tavera statue-menhir is a 2.42-metre anthropomorphic standing stone carved from fine-grained granite by Bronze Age inhabitants of the Gravone valley — considered one...
U Cantonu
Corse-du-Sud, France
At the entrance to the village of Pila-Canale, near its cemetery, two granite standing stones have kept watch for three and a half millennia....
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This guide includes 6 sacred places classified as standing stone in France.
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