La Roche-aux-Fées
La Roche-aux-Fées is a Neolithic gallery grave, or dolmen, located in the commune of Essé, in the French department of Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany. Its name comes from a legend that claims that the stones were placed by fairies.Photo: Sémhur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: VIGNERON, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: gallery grave in Essé, France
- Also known as: “La Roche-aux-Fees”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gare de Retiers and Gare du Theil-de-Bretagne.
Gare de Retiers
Railway station
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gare de Retiers is a railway station, which is situated 3 km southeast of La Roche-aux-Fées.
Gare du Theil-de-Bretagne
Railway station
Photo: Quoique, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gare du Theil-de-Bretagne is a railway station, which is situated 3 km southwest of La Roche-aux-Fées.
Église Saint-Maimbœuf
Church
Église Saint-Maimbœuf is a church, which is situated 2½ km southwest of La Roche-aux-Fées.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Essé and Retiers.
Essé
Village
Photo: Yves LC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essé is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Essé is situated 2½ km northwest of La Roche-aux-Fées.
Retiers
Village
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Retiers is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Retiers is situated 3 km southeast of La Roche-aux-Fées.
Sainte-Colombe
Village
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sainte-Colombe is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Sainte-Colombe is situated 7 km southwest of La Roche-aux-Fées.
La Roche-aux-Fées
- Categories: megalith, dolmen, gallery grave, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Boistrudan, Arrondissement of Fougères-Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.93654° or 47° 56′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.40488° or 1° 24′ 18″ westOpen location code
8CVWWHPW+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 375900720OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata 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”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Maison de la Roche aux Fées and Brahurie.
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