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A mayor in France is under fire after he allowed part of an ancient megalithic site to be destroyed in order to build a home improvement store. The misguided decision was reportedly made by Mayor Olivier Lepick, who presides over the town of Carnac. The community is home to around 3,000 standing stones, also known as menhirs, which have been likened to England's famed Stonehenge. Last August, the mayor's office inexplicably approved a permit for the DIY retail chain Mr. Bricolage to build a new store at a spot in the town where 39 of the ancient rocks stood. It would seem that this bit of bureaucracy went unnoticed by residents until earlier this year when the company began construction and wiped out the standing stones.
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