We are in Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica but on the way we visited Filitosa, the prehistoric capital of Corsica.
Filitosa is a real open air museum with menhirs (standing stones), remnants of Neolithic villages and a quarry all of which have been there for 8,000 years. The menhirs still have clear facial features and are beautifully displayed. The quarry shows where the stone came from to make the menhirs.
This site was only discovered in 1946 and is still maintained by the same family who discovered them.
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The central monument.
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A very old smile.
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Rob going in.
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The Menhirs looking down on Rob at his relative youth.
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Rob coming out
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| We knew this place was old when we saw the dinosaur. |
2 comments:
Wow, that is quite fascinating!
Wow and I thought the MRI machine I was in today was squeezy!
Di
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