Being a die hard fan of Asterix, Obelix and the rest of the crazy Gauls, I was eagerly looking forward to visiting a certain place in Brittany famous for ‘Les Alignements de Carnac’. Simply put, these are rows and rows of stones in different shapes and sizes, more than a 1000 in number, that can be seen in a field stretching out for 3 kms.
Nobody knows how they got there, who erected them and why. These rocks date back 5000 years to the Neolithic era. Asterix and Obelix came much later and the stones became known as the menhirs that Obelix used to deliver, with the help of Dogmatix. But the mystery surrounding them still remains: how did the men of the Neolithic era manage to erect these megaliths? And what purpose did they serve??
Since their very existence is a mystery, a number of myths and legends have come up around these stones. They could be the resting place of the Gauls, erected to honour the dead. The big ones for the wealthy and the little ones for the poor. Or they could be pagan soldiers who were petrified for persecuting one of the Saints. Perhaps they’re garrisons of Roman soldiers belonging to Ceasar’s army, turned into stone by a druid. Yes! Getafix did it! They could even be markers for a secret, ancient treasure. We’ll never know. The stones keep their secret and the men who erected them are long gone.
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