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Gennes (Maine-et-Loire) Dolmen de la Pagerie ou Pierre Couverte de la Pagerie. La chambre mesure 10,65 m de long et 5 m de large intérieur, précédé d'un portique. Une dalle de fond, deux supports latéraux sud, un seul côté nord. Deux dalles de couverture. La dalle antérieure repose à terre du côté nord. De ce côté, la dalle mesure 1,20 m d'épaisseur. Ce dolmen à portique rétréci est fait en grès à vermiculures. D'après un plan de M. Léon de Lorière, au Musée St Jean d'Angers, un lusus naturae* simule une tête de bovidé sur laquelle un oeil aurait été rapporté. Fouillé en 1897, par MM d'Achon et de Farcy, un squelette avait été découvert, placé à 6 m du fond, les pieds vers l'entrée. Plus récemment, ce sont des débris de brique romaine et des éclats de silex blond qui ont été trouvés par Michel Gruet (1912-1998). Il y a un siècle se voyaient encore à l'arrière les restes du tumulus, totalement disparus depuis, à cause des travaux agricoles. lusus naturae : "caprice de la nature". Gennes Maine-et-Loire France Gennes (Maine-et-Loire) Dolmen de la Pierre-Couverte or Pagerie. The room is 10.65 m long and 5 m wide inside, preceded by a portico. A slab of bottom, two lateral supports south side, one north side. Two cover slabs. The anterior slab rests on the ground on the north side. On this side, the slab measuring 1.20 m thick. This dolmen has shrunk portico is made of sandstone has vermiculations. According to a plan Mr. Leon Lorière at St Jean d'Angers Museum, lusus naturae* simulates a bovine head on which an eye wasn reported. Excavation in 1897 by MM Achon and Farcy, a skeleton had been discovered, placed at 6 m from the bottom, feet toward the entrance. More recently, they are debris of Roman brick and flint flakes blond who have been found by Michel Gruet (1912-1998). There is a century saw still in the back of the tumulus remains totally disappeared since, due to agricultural work. lusus naturae "freak of nature".
Appart Hotel Odalys City Angers Centre Gare

Appart Hotel Odalys City Angers Centre Gare

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2 Place De La Gare Angers Maine-et-loire
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Grand Hotel de la Gare

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5 Place de la Gare Angers Maine-et-Loire
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Appart Hotel Odalys City Angers Centre Gare

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Le Tasting Room Wine - Day Tours

You can enjoy a tasting or tour at Le Tasting Room Wine - Day Tours during your travels to Gennes. While you're in the area, stroll along the riverfront.

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Helice Terrestre Trogolodyte Tunnels

You can spend an afternoon browsing the exhibits at Helice Terrestre Trogolodyte Tunnels in Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies.

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Église Saint-Vétérin de Gennes

After visiting Église Saint-Vétérin de Gennes, make a plan to see the other sights and activities in Gennes.

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Dolmen de la Magdeleine ou de la Madeleine à Gennes (Maine-et-Loire). C'est un des plus beaux dolmen par sa taille. Dimensions : 14 m sur 5,70 m hauteur moyenne sous le dalle de 2,70 m surface 80 m² Le dolmen est constitué de plusieurs dalles en grès à sabals*. Probablement de type angevin malgré l'absence de portique d'entrée côté est. Il fut réutilisé comme remise à charrettes au 19ème siècle. Les vestiges d'un four à pain dans la chambre et d'un chambranle de porte témoignent de son utilisation par la ferme voisine. Des fouilles réalisées en 1940 on permis de retrouver de nombreux ossements ainsi que des silex taillés. Grès à sabals: Les grès à sabalites sont le témoin d'un climat tropical en Anjou. Les fossiles végétaux, feuilles de palmier sabalites de l’éocène (55- 33 millions d'années) figurent dans la formation dite des «grès à sabals». Dolmen de la Madeleine or Magdeleine Gennes (Maine-et-Loire). This is one of the largest dolmen. dimensions: 14 m by 5.70 m average height of 2.70 m the slab 80 sqm The dolmen consists of several slabs of sandstone sabal *. Probably type Angevin, despite the absence of entrance portico side. It was reused as garage carts in the 19th century. The remnants of a bread oven in the room and a door jamb demonstrate its use by the neighboring farm. Excavations in 1940 is possible to find numerous bones and carved flints. Sandstone sabal: The sandstone sabalites are witnessing a tropical climate in Anjou. The Plant fossils, leaves sabalites palm of the Eocene (55-33 million years) are included in the so-called "sandstone has sabal" training.

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