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Rock ArtSite Name: Pierre-aux-DamesCountry: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 4.355 km away from the location you searched for.
Canton: Genf Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Geneva Nearest Village: Geneva
Latitude: 46.199570N Longitude: 6.151490E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Rock Art in Genf
About 2.5 Meter Long stone with 4 women carved into it in the garden of the Musée d'Art e d'Histoire. The Stone was orriginaly found in Troinex, a Geneva subburb along side a tumulus and several Menhirs. Thought to be fertility symbol.
Address: Rue Charles-Galland 2, 1204
Phone: +41 22-4182620
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