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Causses de Quercy UNESCO Global Geopark

FR

The Camino de Santiago, known in English as the St. James Way, crosses the geopark from Gréalou to Flaujac-Poujols.The region is renowned for its megaliths, with over 400 early human constructions. The Dolmen of Pierre Martine, on the hills above Livernon, is the largest, measuring 7.10 metres long and 2.30 metres wide, with support slabs over 5 metres long, weighing 22 tonnes.The dry-stone constructions known as 'caselles,' built without mortar, date from the 19th century and are still preserve

Causses de Quercy UNESCO Global Geopark in FR
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CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationFR
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2017
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 185,500 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Causses de Quercy UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Causses de Quercy UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as The Camino de Santiago, known in English as the St. James Way, crosses the geopark from Gréalou to Flaujac-Poujols.The region is renowned for its megaliths, with over 400 early human constructions. The Dolmen of Pierre Martine, on the hills above Livernon, is the largest, measuring 7.10 metres long and 2.30 metres wide, with support slabs over 5 metres long, weighing 22 tonnes.The dry-stone constructions known as 'caselles,' built without mortar, date from the 19th century and are still preserve. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

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