Stonehenge Site Undergoes Renovation - as part of the news series by GeoBeats.
Stonehenge monument in England is perhaps the greatest symbol in the world of the mysteries of the ancients..
It attracts around one million visitors a year, with about half of them traveling from abroad to see the stone configuration in person.
Now, the facilities at Stonehenge are getting a renovation. All of the buildings on the grounds are being demolished and also the landscaping and road placement are getting a facelift along with a brand new visitor center located a mile and half from the site.
The project will cost an estimated 27 million pounds, and there are plans to have the new visitor center completed and open by the fall of 2013.
The head of Stonehenge Peter Carson told the British Broadcasting Corporation: “What this does is address a lot of concerns that people have had at Stonehenge for decades. ...it will mean that we have an open landscape that people can explore.”
No one knows how Stonehenge was constructed without modern tools or technology, archaeologists do believe that it was built in roughly three stages over 1,500 years.
Have you ever been to Stonehenge?
