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<< Our Photo Pages >> Musée de Préhistoire Régionale du Pays Saint Ponais - Museum in France in Languedoc:Hérault (34)

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MuseumsSite Name: Musée de Préhistoire Régionale du Pays Saint Ponais
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 0.178 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Languedoc:Hérault (34) Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Mazamet  Nearest Village: Saint-Pons-De-Thomières
Latitude: 43.488870N  Longitude: 2.758770E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Musée de Préhistoire Régionale du Pays Saint Ponais
Musée de Préhistoire Régionale du Pays Saint Ponais submitted by Aska : Musée de Préhistoire Régionale, Saint-Pons-De-Thomières (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Saint-Pons-De-Thomières, Hérault, the collection of which includes many prehistoric tools found in local caves and replicas of statues-menhirs.

Preserves some original statues-menhirs (Couffignet, Col de la Frajure, Les Jougras and Salverguettes statue menhirs) but they are not exhibited to public.

Selling books and naive miniatures of statues-menhirs.

Recently moved to heavy-traffic main street from quiet Rue du Barry.

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