Statue-menhir de Saint-Sernin, Prehistoric statue menhir in Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance, France.
The stone figure measures 113 centimeters high and 56 centimeters wide, featuring detailed female anatomical characteristics carved in Permian sandstone.
Discovered in 1885 near Laval, this statue menhir represents one of the first specimens studied by Father Hermet in the Rouergue region.
The statue displays feminine attributes including breasts, a Y-shaped pendant, a six-row necklace, tattoos, and hair styled in two braids.
The statue menhir is currently exhibited at the Fenaille Museum in Rodez, where visitors can examine the detailed Neolithic craftsmanship.
The statue represents the most complete female figure among the Rouergat group, incorporating every possible anthropomorphic feature of its type.
Location: Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance
GPS coordinates: 43.88325,2.60402
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:53
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.
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