One of the cables that held the menhir 8.30 meters high and 30 tons dropped.
Four people were injured on Sunday in Carhaix during the lifting of a menhir 8.30 meters high and weighing 30 tonnes, after a cable broke, we learned from the firefighters.
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“One of the cables that held the menhir to be raised dropped, slightly injuring four people. The latter were transported to the hospital of Carhaix“, told AFP the firefighters of Finistère, confirming information from the local press. Raising the menhir, with the participation of several dozen volunteers, is the first stage of the 25-hectare tourist park project.StoneBreizh», which aims to recreate a megalithic circle in Central Brittany.
According to the StoneBreizh website, it involves erecting a circle 43 meters in diameter punctuated by 36 granite monoliths 5 to 6 meters high, crowned by lintels, in order to create a place “festive” and of “transmission of the memory of Brittany” for “resist the erasure of cultures“. This circle will be surrounded by a second circle of schist stelae,symbol of the brilliance and rediscovered pride of Brittany» which will evoke «the key dates in Breton history and the major players in these events“.