Musée Fenaille - Rodez, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member RakeInTheCache
N 44° 20.944 E 002° 34.593
31T E 466249 N 4910731
[FR] Le musée Fenaille possède une célèbre collection de statues-menhirs. [EN] The Fenaille museum posesses a famous collection of menhir statues.
Waymark Code: WM13GW0
Location: Occitanie, France
Date Posted: 12/12/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Tante.Hossi
Views: 3

[FR] Le parcours du musée commence par une collection unique de statues-menhirs, la plus importante en France. Ces figures anthropomorphes, érigées autour du IIIe millénaire avant notre ère, sont les plus anciennes représentations de l’homme en grand format connues en Europe occidentale. Dans les salles alentours, de nombreux objets donnent un aperçu de la vie des populations qui les ont érigées : habitats, sépultures, outils et parures.

[EN] The visit of the museum begins with a unique collection of menhir statues, the largest in France. These anthropomorphic figures, erected towards the 3rd millenium B.C., are the oldest representations of man in a large format known in Western Europe. In the surrounding galleries, numerous objects give insight into the life of the people who erected them : habitat, burial mounds, tools and finery.

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Type: Menhir

Number: 18.00

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