<
 
 
 
 
×
>
You are viewing an archived web page, collected at the request of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) using Archive-It. This page was captured on 16:11:18 Sep 13, 2019, and is part of the UNESCO collection. The information on this web page may be out of date. See All versions of this archived page.
Loading media information hide
English Français

Sites mégalithiques de Carnac

Date of Submission: 20/09/1996
Category: Cultural
Submitted by:
Direction du Patrimoine
Coordinates: Carnac (Morbihan)
Ref.: 224
Export
Word File Word File
Disclaimer

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate harmonization of Tentative Lists at regional and thematic levels.

The sole responsibility for the content of each Tentative List lies with the State Party concerned. The publication of the Tentative Lists does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the World Heritage Centre or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its boundaries.

Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party

Description

Les vestiges des civilisations mégalithiques (-5000 -2000) sont dispersés dans le Département du Morbidhan et dans la commune de Carnac. Sur cette dernière, il existe un ensemble unique composé de trois alignements dont un (Le Ménec) présente une composition originelle constituée de ses deux enceintes et de ses files de menhirs alignés. L'ensemble composé de 4000 menhirs s'étirant sur près de 4 Kilomètres et 40 hectares est complété d'une allée couverte, d'un cromlech de menhirs isolés au Nord et d'un très grand tumulus au Sud, monument type représentatif des tumulus du type carnacéen (125m x 60m x 12m haut) et d'un dolmen à couloir.