Local authorities have asked citizens to comply with “covid” restrictions and join the sunrise meeting online. However, several hundred people still came to Stonehenge.
Some of them climbed over the low railing to get closer to the structure. There they unfurled a poster “Standing for Stonehenge”
As a result, the English Heritage Commission was forced to interrupt the live broadcast of the sunrise over the monument for security reasons. The broadcast was watched by about 200 thousand people.
The Heritage Commission originally wanted to organize an event at the monument, but this was prevented by the extension of the lockdown in England for July. The commission said it was forced to “make a difficult decision” and cancel the event after consultation with local authorities and the Wiltshire County police.
Thus, for the second year in a row, they had to meet the summer solstice at Stonehenge in a virtual format.
The summer solstice is the longest of the year. In the northern hemisphere, it always falls between June 20th and 22nd. In leap years, the solstice always falls on the 20th.
Every year about 10 thousand people gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the solstice. In 2016, for example, there were 12 thousand of them..
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