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<< Our Photo Pages >> Vidals statue-menhir - Sculptured Stone in France in Languedoc:Hérault (34)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 16 April 2005  Page Views: 3396

Multi-periodSite Name: Vidals statue-menhir
Country: France
NOTE: This site is 5.378 km away from the location you searched for.

Département: Languedoc:Hérault (34) Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Montpellier  Nearest Village: Montpellier
Latitude: 43.642700N  Longitude: 3.878520E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
1 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.
3 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
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Vidals statue-menhir
Vidals statue-menhir submitted by ocdolmen : Vidals menhir-statue; the statue is now in zoologic park of Montpellier. We can see engraved details of the belt, feet with toes and dagger. About 2.50 metres tall, red sandstone. The head is also represented but it underwent an attempt of cutting by quarrymen what gives him{*her*} to the menhir this aspect rounded off. We can see eyes and nose in shaving light. The menhir was sold and w... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Statue-Menhir discovered in Tarn


Now removed and re-erected at the zoological park in Montpellier

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Vidals statue-menhir
Vidals statue-menhir submitted by Aska : Site in Languedoc:Hérault (34) France Hey giraffs, why are you so popular? I envy you ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Vidals statue-menhir
Vidals statue-menhir submitted by Aska : Site in Languedoc:Hérault (34) France I am the eldest one in this zoo, but no explanation board, all the others have their own ones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Vidals statue-menhir
Vidals statue-menhir submitted by Aska : Site in Languedoc:Hérault (34) France This way, this way! Ooops why you always take the wrong way. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Vidals statue-menhir
Vidals statue-menhir submitted by Aska : Site in Languedoc:Hérault (34) France Hey boys and girls! I’m here, close to you! please find me! ... they have gone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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