Bolshoy Solovetsky Island Labyrinths (Cape of Hearth)

The stone labyrinths at Cape of Hearth (Bolshoy Solovetsky Island) were destroyed during the Gulag era in the 1930s when the archipelago served as the Soviet Union's first concentration camp. Restored in 1972 by researchers, they represent part of the largest labyrinth complex in Russia — the Solovetsky Archipelago hosts over 35 known labyrinths. At 3.33° Giza bearing, these structures lie on the same near-meridional corridor as other White Sea labyrinths. The destruction and subsequent restoration of these 4,000-year-old structures mirrors a pattern seen at sacred sites worldwide: the instinct to rebuild on the exact same coordinates, suggesting the location itself — not just the form — carries significance.