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Marathon - Battlefield

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:50:13 +0000

Marathon is a town with a population of around 30,000 and was the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the outnumbered Athenian army, led by the general Miltiades, defeated the Persians.

The Battle of Marathon is shrouded in the legend of the messenger Pheidippides. He is said to have carried the news of the victory from the battlefield to Athens, some 40 km away, and to have died of exhaustion after delivering the message. As Plutarch, who lived over 500 years after the battle, was the first to recount the story, it must be regarded as Attic propaganda.

There are two tumuli at the battlefield. One is a burial mound that houses the ashes of 192 Athenians who fell during the battle. The other houses the inhumed bodies of the Plataeans who fell during that battle.

Assier - Dolmen du Bois des Boeufs

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:38:37 +0000

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The dolmen in the "Bois des Boeufs" is still almost completely covered by its approximately 20.0-meter-wide round mound. Only the capstone, measuring 3.7 meters long, 2.6 meters wide, and 0.3 meters thick and weighing about 8 tons, protrudes from the surface of the tumulus. This stone rests on two orthostats, each approximately 3.0 meters long and 0.6 meters high.

Assier - Dolmen du Bois des Boeufs

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:19:02 +0000

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Nécropole de Monpalais

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:50:03 +0000

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The Nécropole de Monpalais is located south-east of Thouars. The necropolis originally consisted of nine dolmens and a tumulus. The megalithic structures were excavated and partially restored in the 1950s and 1960s.

Nécropole de Monpalais

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:50:46 +0000

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Nécropole de Monpalais

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:54:32 +0000

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Nécropole de Monpalais

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:25:51 +0000

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Nécropole de Monpalais

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:16:21 +0000

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Nécropole de Monpalais

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:07:59 +0000

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