The Devils Table. put on here in 2025.
The Devil's
Table is one of the best-preserved megaliths in the region.
These "large
stones," built between 4000 and 2000 BC, are the oldest trace of human
occupation of the area.
They
symbolize a new relationship with death and the sedentarization of people:
people visit the deceased, meditate, and leave offerings.
The Devil's
Table owes its name to a mysterious origin that long aroused fear. Like many
other megaliths, its construction, deemed impossible without supernatural force,
was attributed to the Devil. But this name may have been imposed in the 19th
century by the Church to divert populations from ancient cults deemed pagan.
Legend has
it that a beggar woman one day saw the ground around the Table covered with
silver coins. Ready to seize them, she was suddenly thrown to the ground. When
she got up, everything had disappeared!