<< Our Photo Pages >> Gravures de Petra Frisgiata - Carving in France in Corsica:Corse-nord (2B)
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Multi-periodSite Name: Gravures de Petra Frisgiata Alternative Name: Petra Frigiata, Petra Frisgiata - LozengeCountry: France
NOTE: This site is 11.728 km away from the location you searched for.
Département: Corsica:Corse-nord (2B) Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Cambia Nearest Village: Corsoli
Latitude: 42.375840N Longitude: 9.290920E
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Geometric carvings. Most of them are cross-shaped and some of them are framed with diamond-shaped lines.
Some scholars believe them as the symbol of fertility = female genitals. They say that there are other shape of curvings : round shaped, bow-and-arrow shaped.
Not far away from Santa Maria statue-menhir. Well-signposted.
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