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Sabbats were often held in the following remote and quite places : ruins and remnants of antique temples (this refer to the various pagan cults), mountaintops, forests, and abandoned churches.
They always occurred at night on special occasions such as Easter or Valborg. Some places have remained famous for the frequency and the number of attendants at the sabbats that were supposed to happen there:
FRANCE
- In Brittany, the Carnac area full of dolmen
- in the Alps, the Pra-Pratis field near the Queyras (where is erected a stone);
- In Auvergne, the top of the Puy-de-Dome (old temple of Venus);
- in the Cotentin, the Meautis land;
- in Lorraine, the stone of the Repy.
- In the Basque country, the beach of Hendaye is supposed to have hosted more than 12 000 witches according to De Lancre.
GERMANY
The Brocken mountain (Harz) where remains an old menhir
SWEDEN
The church of Blokula.
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