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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pietra Guaritrice di Villa del Foro - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Italy in Piemonte

Submitted by Wido on Saturday, 09 August 2008  Page Views: 6627

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pietra Guaritrice di Villa del Foro
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 25.332 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Piemonte Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Alessandria  Nearest Village: Villa del Foro
Latitude: 44.890000N  Longitude: 8.530000E
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
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
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
0no data
3

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Pietra Guaritrice di Villa del Foro
Pietra Guaritrice di Villa del Foro submitted by Wido : Site in Piedmont: Pietra Guaritrice - Villa Del Foro (near Alessandria) - Piemonte - Italy. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Piemonte

This is a magical stone, now part of an ancient church.

The pagan cult survived until today through the legend of "Santa Varena" and the belief that it can cure people's back pain.

Before the Romans and chistianization that stone was probably one menhir or part of a group. The cult was too hard to destroy so it was christianized within the church (as was typical in this area).

The Stone is still visible on the front of the church (see pictures).
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Pietra Guaritrice di Villa del Foro
Pietra Guaritrice di Villa del Foro submitted by Wido : Site in Piedmont: Pietra Guaritrice (on the bottom left of the church) - Villa Del Foro (near Alessandria) - Piemonte - Italy. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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