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The Antequera Dolmens Site is a cultural heritage ensemble comprising three cultural monuments [1] (the Dolmen of Menga, Dolmen of Viera and Tholos of El Romeral) and 2 natural mountain features (the Peña de los Enamorados and El Torcal [2]) in and near the city of Antequera in Andalusia, Spain.
Interior of the dolmen, looking outwards. The Dolmen of Menga (Spanish: Dolmen de Menga) is a megalithic burial mound called a tumulus, a long barrow form of dolmen, dating from 3750–3650 BCE approximately. It is near Antequera, Málaga, Spain. It is one of the largest known ancient megalithic structures in Europe.
The Dolmen de Viera or Dolmen de los Hermanos Viera is a dolmen—a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb—located in Antequera, province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. [1] It is located only 70 metres (230 ft) from the Dolmen de Menga [1] and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from another structure known as Tholos de El Romeral. It was discovered ...
The Antequera Dolmens Site is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In 2011, Antequera had a population of 41,854. It covers an area of 749.34 km 2 with a population density of 55.85 inhabitants/km 2, and is situated at an altitude of 575 meters. There is also a very small town named "Gloriano" in the bottom of Antequera.
Officially known as Dolmen of Guadalperal, the man-made rock formation--dubbed "Spanish Stonehenge" because it resembles the more famous English Stonehenge--has emerged from the Valdecanas ...
It is one of three tombs in the region, the others being Dolmen de Menga and Dolmen de Viera, both situated to the south west. In 2016, the dolmens of Menga, Viera, and El Romeral were all inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Antequera Dolmens Site.
Antequera Dolmens Site: Antequera: Andalusia: 1501; 2016; i, iii, iv: Neolithic and Chalcolithic: Located at the heart of Andalusia in southern Spain, the site ...
The Abrigo (shelter) of Matacabras, located at the foot of the northwest face of the Peña de los Enamorados, is closely linked with the Dolmen of Menga whose central axis points directly to it. The tomb is orientated to the northeast, north of the sunrise on the summer solstice, and is the only known tomb so oriented in Europe in this cultural ...