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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.
The dolmen sits 70 metres (230 ft) from the Dolmen de Viera [3] and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from another subterranean structure known as Tholos de El Romeral. [4] 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.
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 .
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. Antequera is the most populous ...
As of 2024, Spain has 50 total sites inscribed on the list, which is the fifth largest number of sites per country, only behind Italy (60), China (59), Germany (54), and France (53). [5] Of these 50 sites, 44 are cultural, 4 are natural, and 2 are mixed (meeting both cultural and natural criteria), as determined by the organization's selection ...
Initially, the excitement from a group of researchers studying burial chambers centered around the fact they’d found one of the oldest stone “dolmen” sites ever discovered in Scandinavia.
Tholos de El Romeral, situated 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north east of the town of Antequera , is one of the most important examples of early Bronze Age architecture in southern Europe. Tholos de El Romeral, also known as Cueva de Romeral (Cave of Romeral) and Dolmen de Romeral, is a
dolmens, a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone. Dolmens were typically covered with earth or smaller stones to form a tumulus (which are included in the list). In many instances, that covering has weathered away, leaving only the stone "skeleton ...