Statue Menhir Santa Maria
The statue menhir Santa Maria (also called Corsoli menhir or Petra Frisgiata menhir ) is located in Corsoli near Cambia in the Haute-Corse department on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica .
The extremely slender (reminiscent of Apulian menhirs ) statue menhir with the sculpted head stands on a hill between the chapel of Santa Maria and a destroyed building. He was Christianized by carving a cross in the middle.
The menhir is considered a metamorphosis of a punished woman who neglected going to church, but is also the subject of other legends.
About 200 meters from the menhir is a stone slab called Petra Fiurata or Petra Frisgiata because of its prehistoric rock carvings . Most are geometric and cross-shaped, some are framed in a diamond shape. Some scientists believe that they represent a symbol of fertility, that is, female genitals.
A new statue menhir was found in Cambia. It used to be in the village of San Chirgu. The discovery is the result of a survey conducted by the journalist Pierre-Jean Luccioni, the ethnologist Ghjasippina and the archaeologist Franck Leandri in the municipality. The statue menhir of San Chirgu is the 95th on the island. It should be noted that a dozen others reported in earlier literature have not yet been found.
literature
- Joseph Cesari, Franck Leandri: Note sur la découverte de quatre nouvelles statues-menhirs en Corse. In: Archeology in Languedoc. 22, 1998, ISSN 0221-4792 , pp. 93-103.
Web links
- Description, image, location (English)
Coordinates: 42 ° 22 ′ 26.2 " N , 9 ° 17 ′ 25.3" E