Alignments
by Barbara Orenya
Title
Alignments
Artist
Barbara Orenya
Medium
Photograph - Photography Digital Artwork
Description
The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites around the French village of Carnac, in Brittany, consisting of alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs. The more than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local rock and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany, and are the largest such collection in the world. Most of the stones are within the Breton village of Carnac, but some to the east are within La Trinité-sur-Mer. The stones were erected at some stage during the Neolithic period, probably around 3300 BC, but some may date to as old as 4500 BC.
Although the stones date from 4500 BC, modern myths were formed which resulted from 1st century AD Roman and later Christian occupations, such as Saint Cornelius– a Christian myth associated with the stones held that they were pagan soldiers in pursuit of Pope Cornelius when he turned them to stone. Brittany has its own local versions of the Arthurian cycle. Local tradition claims that the reason they stand in such perfectly straight lines is that they are a Roman legion turned to stone by Merlin.
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Lorraine Heath
I love this! I like the details of the stones, but my eye was really drawn to the rooftop of the building. v/f
Barbara O'renya
Thanks a lot for the much appreciated feature in Photography and Texture Darren..! ^_^
Barbara O'renya
Thank you so much Jose for the feature in Stop Time with Art !! I appreciate it a lot ! ;)
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