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Giant's Causeway

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Giant's Causeway
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“The Giant's Causeway is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption, part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province active in the region during the Paleogene period. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern…”
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Smithsonian MagazineSep 25

Seven Places in Europe That Legends Say Were Built by Giants, Devils or Dragons

Bridges, mountains, caves and rock formations that seem impossible to explain become magnets for folklore

40,000 interlocking dark basalt columns form a natural pavement.

9 sights in this story
  • Giant's CausewayTrain station40,000 interlocking dark basalt columns form a natural pavement.
  • Elsewhere
  • Devil's BridgeSightAberystwyth, United KingdomSpans the Mynach Gorge with three bridges, one above another.
  • Strata Florida AbbeySightAberystwyth, United KingdomMonks from here may have built the oldest bridge.
  • Fingal's CaveSightFionnphort, United KingdomFormed from tall basalt columns, with waves carving out the cavern.
  • Mount PilatusSightLucerne, SwitzerlandAssociated with dragons said to possess healing powers.
  • Luzerner DrachensteinSightLucerne, SwitzerlandSaid to have been dropped by a dragon flying from Mount Rigi.
  • LoreleiSightSankt Goarshausen, GermanyA steep slate outcrop rising 410 feet above the Rhine.
  • Pont del DiableSightTarragona, SpainA Roman aqueduct carrying water to the ancient city of Tarraco.
  • St. Michael's MountSightPenzance, United KingdomA tidal island with an ancient cobbled causeway.
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