Salisbury International Art Festival

Rosemary Hill - Stonehenge

Genre: Literature
Origin: UK
Location: Guildhall
Tickets: £7.50
Dates: Thursday 04 June 11:30

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The most famous prehistoric monument in Europe, Stonehenge is visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year. Was it built to greet the winter solstice, for druidic worship, as a burial ground or sacrificial altar?

Cultural historian Rosemary Hill, acclaimed author of God's Architect describes what is known and believed about the monument's construction from 3000 BC to the present day, and contemplates its uncertain future.

It has been a place of Arthurian romance and modern science, a source of terror to the Romantics, an ideal picnic spot for the Victorians. Sold off at auction in 1915 and given to the nation three years later, it has been a subject of controversy ever since.

'Meticulously researched, admirably illustrated and beautifully written'
The Spectator

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