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	Filitosa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Filitosa is a (Click link for more info and facts about megalithic) megalithic site in southern (A region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte) Corsica, (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France.
		The site of Filitosa is approached down a track through an ancient (One-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish) olive grove.
		Behind the olive tree is the (A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate) quarry, where the megaliths were extracted from.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fi/Filitosa.htm (362 words)

	Corsica France Corse Filitosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vehicles can be left in the small car park in the hamlet of Filitosa, where you pay the entrance fee; from here it's a fifteen-minute walk to the entrance, where you'll find a café, a small museum and a workshop producing reproduction prehistoric ceramics.
		Filitosa was settled by Neolithic farming people who lived here in rock shelters until the arrival of navigators from the east in about 3500 BC.
		Filitosa XIII is typical of the figures made just before the Torréen invasion, with its vertical dagger carved in relief – Filitosa VII also has a clearly sculpted sword and shield.
	france-for-visitors.com /corsica/filitosa.html (626 words)

	KYRNET : Filitosa, préhistoire
		Filitosa, archeological protohistoric site located on the commune of Sollacaro, in South Corsica, which, occupied over a very long period, includes/understands in particular inscribed menhirs as well as vestiges of civilization known as "torrean".
		The oldest period corresponds at the end of the Neolithic era and the beginning of the age of Bronze until towards 1500 before J-C. It is represented by a certain number of menhirs.
		At that time, the area of Filitosa is occupied by Torreans, who transforms in a fortress a spur barred by a cyclopean enclosure.
	kyrnet.online.fr /filitosa-en.htm (238 words)

	Filitosa Definition / Filitosa Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Filitosa is a megalithicA megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument either alone or with other stones.
		Filitosa is the island's famous prehistoric site and is home to mysterious ancient statues dating back to the early Neolithic era.
		Filitosa is a lucrative tourist attraction very much on the beaten track, but the site, run by the Cesari family, was uncovered by chance.
	www.elresearch.com /Filitosa (310 words)

	Filitosa - Travel Guide
		Set deep in the countryside of the fertile Vallee du Taravo, the extraordinary Station Prehistorique de Filitosa (March-Oct daily 8am-7.30pm; out-of-season visits are possible by arrangement; tel 04.95.74.00.91; 22F/?3.34), 17km north of Propriano, comprises a wonderful array of statue-menhirs and prehistoric structures encapsulating some eight thousand years of history.
		Vehicles can be left in the small car park in the hamlet of Filitosa, where you pay the entrance fee; from here it's a fifteen-minute walk to the entrance, where you'll find a cafe, a small museum and a workshop producing reproduction prehistoric ceramics.
		Filitosa XIII is typical of the figures carved just before the Torreen invasion, with its vertical dagger carved in relief - Filitosa VII also has a clearly sculpted sword and shield.
	travel-guide.traveliseek.com /filitosa_avl_li34095.html (660 words)

	'Anakin' at Warmbloods-For-Sale.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Filitosa Farm specializes in Imported German Warmbloods and other home bred sport horses primarily for eventing and dressage.
		Filitosa Farm often imports yearlings to raise and start under saddle when they come of age.
		Filitosa Farm is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
	www.warmbloods-for-sale.com /GreenDetail.asp?HorseID=8077 (81 words)

	directCorsica - Holidays in Ajaccio, Porticcio and Filitosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lying in the countryside of the Taravo valley on the north side of the Valinco Gulf is Filitosa, a collection of menhirs, (from the Celtic maen hir meaning long stone).
		Filitosa is Corsica's most important prehistoric site, and was discovered in 1946 by Charles-Antoine Cesari.
		Allow about one/one and a half-hours to walk around the parkland setting where the stones are, and to visit the small museum afterwards.
	www.directcorsica.com /owners/Regions/SouthWest.htm (443 words)

	Spring In Corsica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In culture as in nature, Corsica is full of subtle magic, with the island's unique folklore weaving its thread through the region's festivals, music and sculpture.
		Corsica's deepest roots can be seen in numerous prehistoric sites of great beauty, such as Filitosa, where the series of granite menhir statues, their sculpted facial features clearly visible, inspire wonder.
		The island's many picturesque hill towns are the legacy of a troubled past, as is the extensive network of fortresses and defences - such as Bastia's remarkably intact 15th century citadelle.
	www.study-tours.org /catalogue/courseDetail/id/5005052016560701115 (618 words)

	Filitosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Filitosa war eine Art Schlüssel zur korsischen Urgeschichte, denn nirgends sonst auf Korsika findet man an der selben Stätte Menhire und Torres.
		Die Anlage von Filitosa wurde 6000 Jahre lang bewohnt.
		Danach versank Filitosa in einen zweitausend jährigen Schlaf.
	www.paradisu.de /korsika_filitosa.htm (268 words)

	Filitosa, Stantari, Fontanaccia, Pallagiu, Rinacciu, Cauria, standing stones, menhir, alignment, Corsica, monoliths, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Filitosa is the richest megalithic centre of Corsica and the Mediterranean area.
		It extends with the main monument, an alignment, several standing stones and a museum to a marvelous megalithic place.
		The farmers have setup the standing stones in hope to make the earth fertil.
	www2.active.ch /tschumi/e-filitosa.htm (77 words)

	corsica
		Accompanied by turqoise bays on the right hand, and scraggy rock outcrops on the left, the hot Augustus sun let us work up a good sweat as we follow the west coast down.
		The detour to Filitosa, is made in temperatures high of 37°C, resulting in an emergency stop in the rescuing shadow of some grapewine covered olive trees at lunch-time.
		Where a good part of the after-lunch excersices are rewarded with a downhill road in flowing serpentine bends, the neolithic site of Filitosa is well worth the visit.
	www.lustfordust.com /othertrips/corsica.html (700 words)

	Filitosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Filitosa es un sitio megalithic en Córcega meridional, Francia.
		En total, cerca de veinte menhirs de varias épocas fueron contados en Filitosa.
		El sitio de Filitosa se acerca abajo de una pista a través de una arboleda verde oliva antigua.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/fi/Filitosa.htm (375 words)

	La CorseMysterieuse. Fillitosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Filitosa a été classé par l'Unesco comme l'un des sites culturels et artistiques les plus importants du monde pour la préhistoire.
		Apogée de l'art statuaire et des croyances mégalithiques à Filitosa.
		Filitosa, en adoptant les nouvelles croyances, demeure un grand centre religieux.
	www.lacorsemysterieuse.com /Fillitos.htm (307 words)

	Etienne Andreani:olive oil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Resuming a domestic activity, Etienne Andreani is installed since about ten years to Filitosa, municipality of Sollacaro, in the bottom of the valley of Taravu, near prestigious prehistoric site.
		In the original orchard, 200 new feet of olive trees were planted in 1993, what assures on average a harvest of 40 tons of fruit giving to the final about 6000 liters of oil.
		Before marketing, it stays only to wait settling of the end product, what is made when appears this beautiful golden colour so characteristic.
	www.gietaravu.com /sitegb/Producteursgb/andreanigb.htm (232 words)

	Corsica - Visit Corsica, the 'Isle of Beauty' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		These mysterious stone menhir civilisations at Filitosa and Palaggiu date back to 2500BC.
		Today, Filitosa is a lucrative tourist attraction very much on the beaten track, but the site, run by the Cesari family, was uncovered by chance.
		The dusty red path that leads to Palaggiu, near Tizzano, is more difficult to find.
	www.cntraveller.com /Guides/France/Corsica/Default.aspx?Page=4 (253 words)

	Filitosa...
		La proximité de la plaine fertile du Taravo, la présence d'une butte facilement aménageable et de nombreux abris sous roche vont prédisposer le site de Filitosa à une très longue occupation, du VIe millénaire avant notre ère jusqu'à l'occupation romaine.
		J.C., les tailleurs de pierre, les sculpteurs mégalithiques feront de Filitosa le plus grand centre de l'art statuaire corse et méditerranéen.
		Filitosa, 8000 ans d'histoire et de mystère, garde jalousement ses statues-menhirs, ses monuments circulaires et ses secrets.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /bludimare/filitosa.htm (261 words)

	Attractions \| Corsica Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		If the Flintstones' hometown Bedrock had been modelled on a real place, Filitosa would be it.
		Not too far from Filitosa, Sartène is a reminder of what Corsica used to be like, perpetuating traditions...
		The Col de Bavella (Bavella Pass) is overlooked by the imposing silhouette of one of the most striking......
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/europe/france/corsica/see (226 words)

	Radfahren auf Korsika: Von Proriano nach Filitosa
		Bleiben Sie auf beiden Abzweigungen auf der D57 bis Filitosa.
		Die Ausgrabungsstätte Filitosa ist sehr gut erschlossen, selbst kleine Läden und ein Café sind hier zu finden.
		Der Archäologe Roger Grosjean, dem die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen bei Filitosa zu verdanken sind, fand noch eine weitere Epoche: Um 1600 vor Christus nahmen die Menhire Menschengestalt mit Schwert und Dolch an.
	www.fahrrad-tour.de /Korsika/Filitosa.htm (803 words)

	Corsica
		Corsica must be seen, she must be felt.
		PORTO, on the Golfe de Porto is famed for the corroded beauty of its crimson granite cliffs.
		The ALTA ROCCA region is well know for it's prehistoric sites (Filitosa, Cauria, Fontanaccia).
	imperialtour.ifrance.com /gb/corsegb.htm (561 words)

	Untitled Document
		In seiner Live-Performance unternimmt das Filitosa Project den Versuch akustische und optische Räume zu schaffen, in denen das Ich in seinem Bezug zu seiner eigenen Vergangenheit auf die Suche gehen kann zu seinem jeweiligen Jetzt.
		Am Freitagabend gastierte in der Waggonhalle das Giessener "Filitosa Project" und führte eine Live-Performance auf, die ursprünglich aus einem musikalischen Studioprojekt entstand.
		Das Filitosa Project schuf mit seiner Performance eine reizvolle Mischung aus Tanz, Klang und Lesung, die akustische und optische Räume intensiv erfahrbar machte.
	filitosa.doris-schmidt-verlag.de /aktuell/aktuell.html (497 words)

	Filitosa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Principal centre religieux et artistique de la Corse préhistorique, semble-t-il, la station de Filitosa fait vertigineusement remonter à travers le temps: des hommes occupèrent il y a huit mille ans (néolithique ancien) le site ou une culture autochtone s'épanouit vers 1400 av.
		Le site de Filitosa serait marqué par le choc de deux civilisations, celle des statues-menhirs et celle des monuments culturels évoquant les nuraghi de Sardaigne.
		Reprise par de nombreux historiens de la Corse, la théorie du découvreur de Filitosa est mise en doute ou franchement contestée par certains spécialistes: à défaut d'étayer indubitablement d'autres hypothèses les incrédules soulignent les difficultés de datation et rappellent avec quelque malignité la diversité des interprétations quant aux sculptures.
	www.sitec.fr /iledebeaute/vill/filit.htm (488 words)

	Korsika PRäHISTORISCHE ANLAGE VON FILITOSA
		Die Ausgrabungsstätte von Filitosa zählt zu den bedeutendsten auf der Insel und deshalb auch zum Unesco-Weltkulturerbe.
		Wie die riesigen Altäre bezeugen, mausert sich Filitosa damals zur wichtigen Kultstätte.
		Vitrinen und Schautafeln erläutern die verschiedenen Kulturen, die in Filitosa einander ablösten.
	www.interconnections.de /onlinebuecher/korsika/korsika-pr_auml_.html (418 words)

	Pottery Terra e focu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Their role was to sell off the products made in the workshops based in the heart of the island.
		When he set up his second workshop in Filitosa, a rather busy area of Corsica, and backed it with both shop and shopwindow, it was the same will "to live here" that prevailed.
		For 18 years, that will has asserted itself, his style has shown identity and richness, and his colours have evolved a lot from the dark and metallic hues of the beginning.
	www.gietaravu.com /sitegb/Producteursgb/Terraefocugb.htm (178 words)

	Trains and boats and planes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We called at the supermarket on the way out as we were still hungry and once more encountered the German cyclist, much happier as he'd found a friendly local resident who allowed him to camp for free on her land.
		It was hot again as we toiled up to Filitosa, cursing the ancient Corsicans for not erecting their menhirs lower down!
		The site wasn't discovered until 1940 and after excavations were completed, it was opened to the public in 1954.
	www.vegwales.connectfree.co.uk /bat/routes/corsica/12.htm (316 words)

	Balagne - Corsica : History background
		Man first set foot in Corsica at the beginning of the pre-Neolithic period.
		The farming pastoral tribes of the old Neolithic era (Aléria, Filitosa, Levie) succeeded the nomadic hunters (The Lady of Bonifacio" goes back to 6600 B.C. It was at the end of the Neolithic era that there was an increase in the megalithic monuments.
		The history of Corsica really began with the colonization of Alalia (Aléria) in the VI and V centuries B.C. According to the Greek historian Hérodote, it was through this colony that Phocéens instilled the island with religious cults and the techniques of the Mediterranean world.
	www.labalagne.com /en/visite/historique.htm (1363 words)

	Corse : Corse, Filitosa
		Et Filitosa, puisque c'est bien de ce site qu'il s'agit, représente depuis un saisissant raccourci de la préhistoire corse...
		Dans le paysage accidenté et comme hors d'âge de Filitosa, les vestiges d'un vaste monument torréen côtoient les éboulis rocheux peu à peu envahis par une végétation vivace et plusieurs remarquables statues-menhirs.
		Celle que l'on appelle - de manière assez peu poétique, il est vrai - "Filitosa IV" passe aujourd'hui pour être l'expression la plus aboutie de la statuaire néolithique.
	www.azureva.com /corse/magazine/filitosa.php3 (362 words)

	Tours
		The prehistoric site of FILITOSA and BONIFACIO, the most southern town of all France, and unique in Europe.
		The prehistoric site of FILITOSA and BONIFACIO, the most southern town of all France, and the picturesque capital.
		SARTENE, PROPRIANO, the prehistoric site of Filitosa and AJACCIO - lunch at an oceanfront restaurant and free time for a swim.
	imperialtour.ifrance.com /gb/circuitsgb.htm (750 words)

	Filitosa
		The countryside south of Ajaccio on the way to Filitosa
		The first of the Filitosa menhir, the stone statue warriors
		This page created on a Macintosh using PhotoPage by John A. Vink.
	www.ucolick.org /~severson/filitosa.html (51 words)

	CORSICA Author of CORSEWEB Friends of Filitosa
		The Association The Friends of Filitosa ensures a major role in the promotion of the site through different actions (creation of the stamp on Filitosa, writing of brochures,..).
		Do not forget to visit the workshop and the craft industry centre which offer all the variety of the productions of the coral working and also the reproduction of prehistoric island ceramics which are realized under the controlling of archaeologists.
		President of the Association The Friends of Filitosa, manager of the centre of the Prehistory of Filitosa, showcase of the prestigious island past and whose renown has become international.
	www.corsica.net /corsica/uk/auteur/amisfili.htm (159 words)

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