Filitosa, Archaeological site in Sollacaro, France
The archaeological site features megalithic sculptures, stone alignments, and detailed menhirs spread across a Mediterranean landscape near the Corsican coast.
The site reveals over 8,000 years of human history, with excavations beginning in 1946 when Charles-Antoine Cesari discovered five granite statues beneath thick vegetation.
The collection of statue-menhirs represents Mediterranean prehistoric art through carved stone figures that display weapons, faces, and architectural details.
The location includes a modern archaeological museum, parking facilities, and educational trails with multilingual markers guiding visitors through the prehistoric remains.
Filitosa belongs to a select group of one hundred historic Mediterranean sites, containing artifacts comparable to those found at Stonehenge and Easter Island.
Location: Sollacaro
GPS coordinates: 41.74722,8.87139
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:41
Throughout France, stone silhouettes still stand in fields, forests, or by the sea. They existed long before villages and roads, witnesses to a world that believed in the sky and hidden forces of the earth. These menhirs, erected over five thousand years ago, in their own way narrate the dawn of civilizations. Some are solitary, others are arranged in rows of hundreds. Some bear engraved faces, others remain silent, smoothed by Breton winds or the rain of the Central Massif. From Carnac to Corsica, from Poitou to the Côtes-d’Armor, these upright stones maintain a strong presence, almost human. Approaching them, one senses the ancient connection between human hands and the memory of the land.
This route connects mountains, forests and valleys of Corsica. It links prehistoric sites, Genoese towers, nature reserves, lakes and remote beaches. The trails lead to archaeological sites, waterfalls and historical villages.
Musée de Filitosa
234 m
Torra di Capannelle
7.8 km
Turra di a Calanca
6.5 km
Castello de Contorba
4.9 km
Torra di Micalona
5.2 km
Stantara di u Cantonu
8.3 km
Plage Scodi Neri
5.9 km
Tenutella Beach
5.8 km
Calzola Bridge
4 km
Plage de Capu Laurosu
9.1 km
Olivier millénaire
151 m
Couvent Saint-Antoine d'Olmeto
4.9 km
Plage de Baraci
7.7 km
Église Santa Maria d'Olmeto
5.1 km
Plage du Ruesco
5.7 km
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Coti-Chiavari
8.8 km
Plage de Laurosu
9.1 km
Église Notre-Dame de la Miséricorde de Propriano
8.5 km
Plage Piscona
5.7 km
Église Saint-Nicolas dite église San-Niculau de Bicchisano
9.7 km
Plage de Cupabia
7.8 km
Église Sant'Antonu de Serra-di-Ferro
6.4 km
Scogliu Longu Lighthouse
7.9 km
Plage de la Calanca
6.6 km
Plage d'Agliu
5.8 km
Plage de Campitellu
6.1 km
Plage de Vetricella
6.8 km
I Calanchi
2.3 kmReviews
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