Pierre-Couverte
Pierre-Couverte is an archaeological site in Baugé-en-Anjou, Arrondissement of Saumur, Pays de la Loire. Pierre-Couverte is situated nearby to the community center Château de Grésillon, as well as near the village Baugé.Photo: Kormin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: dolmen in Baugé-en-Anjou, France
- Also known as: “Dolmen dit de Pierre Couverte”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Château de Grésillon and Château de Baugé.
Château de Grésillon
Community center
Photo: ThomasPusch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Château de Grésillon is situated 250 km to the southwest of Paris in Baugé between Angers, Le Mans and Tours in France. The nonprofit organization "Cultural House of French Esperanto Speakers," established in 1951, owns the château with an 18 hectare park. Château de Grésillon is situated 1 km west of Pierre-Couverte.
Château de Baugé
Public building
Photo: Skouame, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Château de Baugé is a castle, extensively altered and restored to create a château, in the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou in the Maine-et-Loire département of France. Château de Baugé is situated 2½ km southwest of Pierre-Couverte.
Église Saint-Martin de Saint-Martin-d’Arcé
Church
Église Saint-Martin de Saint-Martin-d’Arcé is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Pierre-Couverte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baugé and Vaulandry.
Baugé
Village
Photo: Skouame, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baugé is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire département in western France. On 1 January 2013, it was merged with the former communes of Montpollin, Pontigné, Saint-Martin-d'Arcé and Le Vieil-Baugé to create the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou. Baugé is situated 2½ km west of Pierre-Couverte.
Vaulandry
Village
Photo: Skouame, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vaulandry is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. In January 2013 it merged with Clefs to form the commune of Clefs-Val d'Anjou, which merged into the commune Baugé-en-Anjou on 1 January 2016. Its population was 310 in 2022. Vaulandry is situated 6 km north of Pierre-Couverte.
Le Guédeniau
Village
Le Guédeniau is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou. Le Guédeniau is situated 6 km south of Pierre-Couverte.
Pierre-Couverte
- Categories: dolmen, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Baugé-en-Anjou, Arrondissement of Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.55058° or 47° 33′ 2″ northLongitude
-0.07117° or 0° 4′ 16″ westOpen location code
8CVXHW2H+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 2320944851OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q3034031
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Pierre-Couverte” goes by many names.
- French: “dolmen de Pierre Couverte”
- French: “Pierre-Couverte”
- German: “Dolmen Pierre Couverte”
- Turkish: “Dolmen, Pierre Couverte”
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