Brittany (redirect from Seven founder saints of Brittany)
major sites include the Barnenez cairn, the Locmariaquer megaliths, the Menhir de Champ-Dolent, the Mane Braz tumulus and the Gavrinis tomb. Monuments from...
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Neolithic farmers then settled on its coast and built the dolmens and menhirs found in the islands today, providing evidence of human presence dating...
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Pilleurs de mer à Guisseny" "Pâtre des plaines de Kerlouan, Menhir" "Souvenir de collège; environs de Saint-Pol-de-Leon" "Un soir dans la lande" "La Famille...
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Galicia (Spain) (redirect from Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia)
the dolmens of Dombate, Corveira, Axeitos of Pedra da Arca, and menhirs like the Lapa de Gargantáns. From the Iron Age, Galicia has a rich heritage based...
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Qala, Malta (section Menhir Qala Folk Group)
1968 and is named after the village patron Saint Joseph. They play in the Gozo Football League. The Menhir Qala Folk Group has promoted local culture...
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Lisbon (category Port cities and towns in Portugal)
tribes, who built religious and funerary monuments, megaliths, dolmens and menhirs, which still survive in areas on the periphery of Lisbon. The Indo-European...
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Sark (section Clameur de haro)
ISBN 978-0750964364. Kursner, Geoffroy (2015). L'île de Sercq: Histoire du dernier état féodal d'Europe. Éditions du Menhir. ISBN 978-2-919403-27-1. Johnson, Henry...
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but there are also other settlements, various necropolises, dolmens, menhirs, Roman roads (such as the Appian Way and the Trajan Way), etc. The Apulian...
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(Monument Historique): the menhir called The Fairies' Rock (La Pierre des Fées) and the Church of Saint Martin (Eglise Saint-Martin). Janzé is located...
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the protection of a saint or virgin Mary. There are different beliefs associated with each one: the sanctuary of Santo André de Teixido in Cedeira is...
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Żejtun (section Feast of Saint Gregory)
Phoenician god Ashtart were also found. Other minor remains, now lost, include a menhir towards Marsascala and a stone circle at Bir id-Deheb. Along the southern...
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resharpen it. The core can be either the blank or another flake. Blanks are ported for manufacturing supply in places where nature has provided no suitable...
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A Coruña (category Port cities and towns on the Spanish Atlantic coast)
From the port of Ferrol in the Province of A Coruña, Philip II left to marry Mary Tudor in 1554, and much later, in 1588, from the same port the Spanish...
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peoples. They built religious monuments called megaliths, dolmens and menhirs that still survive in the periphery of the city. Permanent settlements...
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Christianity in Cornwall (section Patron saint)
to ports such as Fowey on foot. Like some other parts of Britain, Cornwall derived much of its Christianity from post-Patrician Irish missions. Saint Ia...
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Ta' Kieles Tal-Balal Tat-Tabib (Doctor Area) Bonu ż-Żgħir Qasam Tal-Menħir (Menhir Estate) Tal-Aħfar Tal-Isqof (Bishop Zone) Tal-Fieres Tal-Iblieq Tas-Sienja...
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archers wrist guard was also found. At least 10 menhirs are located around the island. Castel Menhir standing stone 2 m high depicting a female figure...
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Dundalk (category Port cities and towns in the Republic of Ireland)
Clochafarmore, the menhir that Cú Chulainn reputedly tied himself to before he died, is located to the west of the town, near Knockbridge. Saint Brigid is reputed...
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12th century, as were all the cathedrals on the island. There are two menhirs in the masonry of the Romanesque cathedral that date back to the Neolithic...
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numerous testimonies such as the domus de janas (hypogeic tombs), the Giants' grave, the megalithic circles, the menhirs, the dolmens and the well temples;...
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Albanian paganism (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
ShënePremte or Shën Prende ("Saint Veneranda"), identified by the Catholic Church as Saint Anne, mother of Virgin Mary. She was so popular in Albania...
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money and investing capital in maritime businesses. The presence of Statue menhirs on the islands, such as at St Martin's church on Guernsey and the burial...
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historiques". Ministère de la Culture. "Liste des monuments pour lesquels des secours ont été demandés" (PDF). Ministère de la culture. Choay, Françoise...
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Prehistoric Cornwall (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
large number of megalithic structures such as menhirs, stone circles, and stone rows were placed. Menhirs likely served as memorial gravestones, stone...
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purposes". Devon also has its own flag which has been dedicated to Saint Petroc, a local saint with dedications throughout Devon and neighbouring counties....
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burial urns. Two other types of megaliths, hat stones (thoppikkal) and menhirs (pulachikkal), have no burial appendages and appear instead to be memorial...
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Deaths in March 2020 (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
Wuthering Heights), COVID-19. Louise Ebrel, 87, French singer (Les Ramoneurs de menhirs). Raymond L. Erikson, 84, American molecular biologist and virologist...
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a double Camino de Juncos (Reed Path) on the river bank showing the ductility and flexibility of the granite. Untitled, granite menhir by Ulrich Rückriem...
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