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 collection connects the mountainous interior of Corsica with remote coastal sections and historical traces of early settlement. Hiking trails pass through forests and over passes to places largely untouched by mass tourism. The route includes granite formations rising from the sea and megalithic sites several thousand years old. In the mountains lie lakes of glacial origin, surrounded by pine trees and steep rock faces. Along the coast stand Genoese towers, once used for defense and now serving as landmarks. Beaches of pale sand or pebbles are often accessible only on foot or by boat. The collection leads to places such as Filitosa, where carved stelae stand among olive trees, the Calanche cliffs near Piana, whose reddish rocks are oddly shaped, and the Aiguilles de Bavella, rock spires rising above pine forests. The Scandola nature reserve extends along a jagged coastline, accessible only from the water. Monte Cinto is the island's highest peak and offers views over valleys and bays. Isolated coves such as Saleccia or Plage du Lotu lie behind hills and maquis scrubland. The collection also includes abandoned villages such as Occi, waterfalls dropping into natural pools, and trails through the Fango valley, where the river flows between granite boulders.
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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