Name: Petroglyphs of the Pedra de l'Home (Pla de Savassona)
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Petroglyphs of the Pedra de l'Home (Pla de Savassona)

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Location: Tavèrnoles, Osona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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1. Ter River and Tartera – View towards the Monastery loop from Tavèrnoles

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2. Ter River and Tartera – View towards the Monastery loop from Tavèrnoles

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3. El Dau Boulder – The Stone of Sacrifices loop from Tavèrnoles

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Sofía_Ibáñez

January 25, 2023

The Pla de Savassona, in the heart of the natural area, houses an interesting archaeological site that includes various rocks with engravings and Neolithic, Iron Age, Iberian and medieval remains. The one known as the stone of Man, for example, presents an anthropomorphic petroglyph, while the stone of the Witches presents engravings in the shape of a horseshoe and a cross. Under the Sacrifice stone, one of the largest in the site, two tombs have been found.

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Francesc Garcia - MONTFRANC

October 22, 2022

One of the most spectacular engravings that can be found in Plan de Savassona is that of the anthropomorphic figure on the small stone known as Pedra de l'Home or Pedra del Nen.

It is a figure made with a very well-marked stroke with a very large head and incisions representing the eyes and mouth or nose. The shapes are disproportionate and simple.

She seems asexual, although some studies attribute her female sex. On the same stone we see many very different marks, but a combination of elements around the human figure that wants to represent a goat or similar animal stands out.

The anthropomorphic figure was particularly affected by mosses, algae and lichens. During the cleaning work carried out in the summer of 2012, it was possible to identify a red stain caused by some cremation done on the rock at some undetermined time.

The Pedra de l'Home has been granted BCIN (Cultural Property of National Interest) degree of protection.

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Petroglyphs of the Pedra de l'Home (Pla de Savassona)

1. Ter River and Tartera – View towards the Monastery loop from Tavèrnoles

2. Ter River and Tartera – View towards the Monastery loop from Tavèrnoles

3. El Dau Boulder – The Stone of Sacrifices loop from Tavèrnoles

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