Description: 1843 Breton print CARNAC STONES, MORBIHAN, BRETAGNE, FRANCE (#108) Nice print titled Champs de Carnac, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring, approx. page size is 27 x 16 cm, approx. image size is 16 x 11 cm. From: Ernest Breton, Monuments de tous les peuples, Paris. Click here or image for larger version Carnac, village, Morbihan département, Bretagne region, western France, near the Atlantic coast, just southwest of Auray. It is the site of more than 3,000 prehistoric stone monuments. The single stone menhirs and multistone dolmens were hewn from local granite, now worn by time and weather and sheathed in white lichen. Venerated by the Bretons until fairly recent times, the stones were adopted by the Romans for religious purposes, and Roman deities were carved on some. When Christianity came, the local attachment to the megaliths was diverted to the new faith by the addition of crosses and other symbols. Dating of the monuments is complicated because they were erected at differing periods, including early, middle, and late Neolithic. Most remarkable of the monuments are the long avenues of menhirs, or standing stones: about 0.5 mi (0.8 km) northwest of the village, the Ménec System traces 11 lines over a distance of 3,376 ft (1,029 m), its terminal circle being broken by a small hamlet; east-northeast the Kermario System of 10 lines stretches for about 4,000 ft, and farther along the same road are the 13 Kerlescan Lines, terminating in an irregular circle after 0.5 mi. The alignment of Kermario points to the passage grave of Kercado, covered by a barrow, explored in 1863. A year earlier René Galles had explored the great tumulus of Mont-Saint-Michel, 65 ft high, 377 ft long. In 1874 James Miln, a Scottish antiquary, uncovered the remains of a Gallo-Roman villa in the mound-covered moorland 1 mi east of the village. The Musée Miln-Le Rouzic in Carnac has an important collection of artifacts. Pop. (1990) 4,243. Please e-mail me if you have any questions. Buyer pays shipping at cost. I prefer payment by PayPal, but I'll also accept any other payment method and currency (except direct payment by credit card) that is convenient for buyer. I combine shipping of multiple items. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SHIPPING: Price quoted with auction is for airmail to the US. Please don't pay before you receive invoice from me.
Price: 19.96 USD
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Print Type: Engraving
Subject: Architecture, Cityscape
Style: Realism
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Size Type/ Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14'')
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1843
