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Origin and history

Baccon is a funerary monument located in the commune of Baccon, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. This type of structure, usually dated from Prehistory or Antiquity, served as a collective or individual burial. The tumulus were often erected to honour important personalities or mark a sacred place in the landscape.

In the Centre-Val de Loire region, the tumulus testify to the ancient occupation of the territories by people organized around elaborate funeral practices. These monuments, although often without written sources, offer valuable insights into the beliefs and lifestyles of past societies. Their presence in the local landscape underscores the symbolic and cultural importance of these sites to the communities that built them.