Mont de Sène is also known as Montagne des Trois Croix.
A promontory stretching over a hundred metres in length, it rises to an altitude of 521 metres. It's a small mountain that people have been visiting for a long time. The site has been dedicated to worship and sacred rites since the beginning of the Neolithic era. The many dolmens found near the summit bear witness to this.
Notably the Cul Blanc dolmen, which you will see signposted on your way back down from the Mont. Historians also reveal that from prehistoric times, the dead were buried here. A sacred site for the Celts, it was taken over by the Romans, who built two temples here.
One was dedicated to Mercury, the god of trade and travellers. Fragments of columns from these two temples are preserved at the Centre d'Archéologie et de Patrimoine in Autun, Saône-et-Loire.
These buildings were destroyed in the early 5th century AD, before the site was Christianised. History also tells us that in 1767 Pierre Millard, a leather merchant from Santenay, had a calvary built on the summit of the small mountain. This is where its nickname Mont des Trois Croix (Mount of Three Crosses) comes from. One of the crosses is in the commune of Santenay, in the Côte-d'Or, while the other two are in Dezize-les-Maranges, in the Saône-et-Loire.
Lovely panoramic views, natural site, orientation table, Saint-Jean chapel, picnic area with plenty of shade under the pine trees.
A promontory stretching over a hundred metres in length, it rises to an altitude of 521 metres. It's a small mountain that people have been visiting for a long time. The site has been dedicated to worship and sacred rites since the beginning of the Neolithic era. The many dolmens found near the summit bear witness to this.
Notably the Cul Blanc dolmen, which you will see signposted on your way back down from the Mont. Historians also reveal that from prehistoric times, the dead were buried here. A sacred site for the Celts, it was taken over by the Romans, who built two temples here.
One was dedicated to Mercury, the god of trade and travellers. Fragments of columns from these two temples are preserved at the Centre d'Archéologie et de Patrimoine in Autun, Saône-et-Loire.
These buildings were destroyed in the early 5th century AD, before the site was Christianised. History also tells us that in 1767 Pierre Millard, a leather merchant from Santenay, had a calvary built on the summit of the small mountain. This is where its nickname Mont des Trois Croix (Mount of Three Crosses) comes from. One of the crosses is in the commune of Santenay, in the Côte-d'Or, while the other two are in Dezize-les-Maranges, in the Saône-et-Loire.
Lovely panoramic views, natural site, orientation table, Saint-Jean chapel, picnic area with plenty of shade under the pine trees.
