Carnac stones
The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ménec alignments and Cruz-Menquen dolmen.
Ménec alignments
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Ménec alignments is situated 360 metres northeast of Carnac stones.
Cruz-Menquen dolmen
Archaeological site
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Cruz-Menquen dolmen is an archaeological site, which is situated 490 metres south of Carnac stones.
Prehistory Museum of Carnac
Museum
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Prehistory Museum of Carnac is situated 1 km south of Carnac stones.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plouharnel and Crucuno.
Plouharnel
Village
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Plouharnel is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.
Crucuno
Hamlet
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Crucuno is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km northwest of Carnac stones.
Saint-Philibert
Village
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Saint-Philibert is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Saint-Philibert are called in French Saint-Philibertains. Saint-Philibert is situated 6 km east of Carnac stones.
Carnac stones
- Type: Historical site
- Description: stone rows in Carnac, France
- Categories: archaeological site, stone row, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Carnac, Arrondissement of Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Waray—“Carnac stones” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կարնակյան քարեր”
- Asturian: “Alliniamientos de Carnac”
- Basque: “Carnac-eko harri lerroak”
- Breton: “Peulvanoù Kermario”
- Breton: “Steudadoù Karnag”
- Bulgarian: “Карнакски камъни”
- Bulgarian: “Карнакските камъни”
- Catalan: “alineaments de Carnac”
- Catalan: “Alineaments de Carnac”
- Chinese: “卡奈克巨石林”
- Chinese: “卡納克巨石林”
- Chinese: “卡纳克巨石林”
- Croatian: “Megaliti Carnaca”
- Czech: “Megalitické řady v Carnacu”
- Danish: “Carnac-stenene”
- Dutch: “Megalieten van Carnac”
- Esperanto: “Ŝtonoj de Carnac”
- Finnish: “Carnac”
- Finnish: “Carnacin menhirit”
- French: “alignements de Carnac”
- French: “Alignements de Carnac”
- Galician: “Aliñamentos de Carnac”
- German: “Le Menec”
- German: “Steinreihen von Carnac”
- Greek: “Μεγαλιθικά μνημεία του Καρνάκ”
- Hungarian: “carnaci kősorok”
- Hungarian: “Carnaci kősorok”
- Indonesian: “Batu Carnac”
- Italian: “Allineamenti di Carnac”
- Japanese: “カルナック列石”
- Korean: “카르나크 열석”
- Maltese: “Ħaġar Megalitiku ta‘ Carnac”
- Maltese: “Ħaġar Megalitiku ta’ Carnac”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carnac-megalittene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carnacmegalittane”
- Norwegian: “Carnac-megalittene”
- Persian: “خرسنگ کارناک”
- Persian: “خرسنگهای کارناک”
- Portuguese: “Rochas de Carnac”
- Russian: “Карнакские камни”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tumuli u Carnacu”
- Spanish: “Alineamientos de Carnac”
- Turkish: “Carnac taşları”
- Ukrainian: “Камені Карнаку”
- Vietnamese: “alignements de Carnac”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kabatohan Carnac”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Le Ménec and Cité du Runell.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Comfort Hotel Les Alignements and Hotel LE TUMULUS.
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