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Morbihan, carnac megaliths listed unesco:
The megaliths of Carnac. In addition, the banks of Morbihan, a vast ensemble including the morbihan, carnac megaliths listed unesco famous Alignments of Menhirs of the Breton city, were written on Saturday July 12 on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the international organization announced. Erected for more than two millennia during the Neolithic period. they extend over a territory of 1,000 km2 With more than 550 monuments distributed in 28 municipalities in Morbihan.
Among them are the alignments of Carnac. with its long, rectilinees of Menhirs (“long stone”, in Breton) of all sizes, whose origin and function remain a mystery and which are visited each year by nearly 300,000 people.
These megaliths “Constitute an exceptional testimony of the technical sophistication. the skill of the Neolithic communities which allowed them to extract, transport and manipulate monumental and earth stones to create a complex symbolic space which reveals a specific relationship of populations to their environment”justifies UNESCO.
In France. 54 UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Morbihan, carnac megaliths listed unesco
It is the first fully Breton site listed as World Heritage, the Vauban Tower, in Finistère, being one of the 12 Vauban fortifications classified across France, which now has 54 sites listed as World Heritage.
“This recognition enshrines the exceptional universal value of Carnac megaliths. the banks of Morbihan and testifies to France’s commitment to preserving heritage”, said Rachida Dati, the Minister of Culture, in a press release.
Among the 30 applications examined this year by the World Heritage Committee gathered in Paris until Sunday are memorial sites in the genocide in morbihan, carnac megaliths listed unesco Cambodia. even cultural landscapes in Cameroon and Malawi.
The spectacular German castle Neuschwanstein. three other residences of the whimsical king Louis II of Bavaria were also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage, announced the UN organization. Neuschwanstein. erected in the second half of the 19th centurye A century on a rocky spur 200 meters high in the Bavarian Alps (south of Germany) combined a medieval appearance with ultramodern techniques for the time. Welcoming nearly 1.5 million tourists each year, it is the most visited castle in Germany.
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