Largest Grouping of Standing Stones - Carnac, France
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N 47° 35.543 W 003° 04.994
30T E 493742 N 5270999
[EN] Situated in Brittany (Morbihan), the Carnac alignments are among the best known megalithic ensembles in Europe. [FR] Situés en Bretagne (Morbihan), les alignements de Carnac font partie des ensembles mégalithiques les plus connus
Waymark Code: WM16TP5
Location: Bretagne, France
Date Posted: 10/04/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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"The erected stones of Carnac, organized in complex systems over a vast territory carefully chosen in the Neolithic period, have not yet revealed their reason (s) for being.

These monumental ensembles, protected under the title of Historic Monuments since the end of the 19th century, are now considered as the vestiges of architectures elaborated in connection with funerary monuments still present, without any link with the stars, the sun or the moon In the vicinity or even within the rows of monoliths

True "fields of memory" materializing a boundary, physical as well as mental, Carnac's alignments still incarnate a scientific challenge for archeology: the idea of the ruined temple, which appeared in the nineteenth century, . There appears a new, unprecedented notion, the site of "passage", the threshold, marking the rupture between two spaces, two worlds.

Indeed, the intimate relationship that these monuments maintain with their direct environment is a privileged research path which, very quickly, revealed disturbing concordances between each of the three great groups of Carnac: the repetition of a general outline certainly reflects a The same message."

Sources : The Site

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" Les pierres dressées de Carnac, organisées en systèmes complexes sur un vaste territoire soigneusement choisi à l'époque néolithique, n'ont pas encore révélé leur(s) raison(s) d'être.

Sans aucun lien avec les étoiles, le soleil ou la lune, ces ensembles monumentaux, protégés au titre des Monuments Historiques depuis la fin du XIXe siècle, sont aujourd'hui considérés comme les vestiges d'architectures élaborées en connexion avec des monuments funéraires encore présents aux abords ou au sein même des files de monolithes.

Véritables « champs de mémoire » matérialisant une frontière, autant physique que mentale, les alignements de Carnac incarnent encore de nos jours un défi scientifique pour l'archéologie : l'idée du temple en ruine, apparue dés le XIXe siècle, s'efface progressivement. Apparaît alors une notion nouvelle, inédite, le site de « passage », le seuil, marquant la rupture entre deux espaces, deux mondes.

En effet, la relation intime que ces monuments entretiennent avec leur environnement direct est une piste de recherche privilégiée qui, très rapidement, a fait apparaître des concordances troublantes entre chacun des trois grands ensembles de Carnac : la répétition d’un schéma général traduit certainement une volonté d’affirmer fortement le même message."

Sources : Le Site

Date the Record Happened: 2007

Where did this record happen: Carnac in France

Who Broke this record: No body

Is there something to see here?: Yes

What is there to see here: 3,000 prehistoric stone monuments,

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