In 50 B.C. lived and worked 100,000 people on a hill in the Morvan, the oppidum of Bibracte. Now called the Mont Beuvray, 25 km west of Autun. Here lived the most important Celtic tribe and here was chosen as leader Vercingetorix and later by Julius Caesar defeated at Aleisia, 120 km away. Here Caesar also wrote his famous book of the Gauls.

Now it is an excavation area of archaeologists and it has a nice museum, but it is especially famous for its trees. It is a mystery why these beeches are so deformed. But we know: Very strong Curry lines We'll show you some trees.

Tree 4 shows you the trees are on lines. They are on two water lines along an old road, now has disappeared. In the U-shape of these trees a strong curry line. The ruins lie also along these curry lines .

Bibracte