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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 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.
Each of the 32 colossal stones that make up the Menga Dolmen, a 5,600-year-old megalithic monument in southern Spain, is many times bigger than the largest megaliths at Stonehenge, the most famous ...
Tholos de El Romeral, also known as Cueva de Romeral (Cave of Romeral) and Dolmen de Romeral, is a megalithic burial site built circa 1800 BCE. 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.
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 dolmen complex of Menga, Viera, and Romeral was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2016 under the name "Antequera Dolmens Site". The manifest for recognition from United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) also includes Peña de los Enamorados (Lovers' Rock) and El Torcal.
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Dolmen at Roknia, an ancient necropolis in the Guelma region of northeast Algeria; the site includes more than 7000 dolmens spread over an area of 2 km (1.2 mi) In northern Tunisia , Dougga is an important ancient site, which contains a necropolis with dolmens.