La Roche-aux-Fées

La Roche-aux-Fées is a Neolithic gallery grave, or dolmen, located in the commune of , in the French department of in Brittany. Its name comes from a legend that claims that the stones were placed by fairies.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: gallery grave in Essé, France
  • Also known as: “La Roche-aux-Fees”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gare de Retiers and Église Notre-Dame d’Essé.

Railway station
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 3 km southeast of La Roche-aux-Fées.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2½ km northwest of La Roche-aux-Fées.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2½ km southwest of La Roche-aux-Fées.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Essé and Retiers.

Village
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is a commune in the department in in northwestern . is situated 2½ km northwest of La Roche-aux-Fées.

Village
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is a commune in the department of in northwestern . is situated 3 km southeast of La Roche-aux-Fées.

Village
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in in northwestern . is situated 7 km southwest of La Roche-aux-Fées.

La Roche-aux-Fées

Latitude
47.93654° or 47° 56′ 12″ north
Longitude
-1.40488° or 1° 24′ 18″ west
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
8CVWWHPW+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 375900720
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1799090
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“La Roche-aux-Fées” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “La Roche-aux-Fées”
  • Bavarian: “La Roche-aux-Fées”
  • Breton: “Maen ar Boudiged”
  • Catalan: “Dolmen de La Roche Aux-Fées”
  • Catalan: “La Roche-aux-Fées”
  • Chinese: “仙女石”
  • Czech: “La Roche-aux-Fées”
  • Dutch: “La Roche-aux-Fees”
  • Dutch: “La Roche-aux-Fées”
  • French: “dolmen de la Roche-aux-Fées”
  • French: “La Roche-aux-Fées”
  • French: “roche-aux-Fées (Essé)”
  • German: “La Roche-aux-Fées”
  • Italian: “La Roche-aux-Fées”
  • Japanese: “ラ・ロッシュ＝オー＝フェ”
  • Polish: “La Roche-aux-Fées”
  • Russian: “Ла-Рош-о-Фе”
  • Slovenian: “La Roche-aux-Fées”
  • Spanish: “La Roca de las Hadas”
  • Spanish: “La Roche-aux-fees”
  • Spanish: “La Roche-aux-fées”

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