Megalithic Sites Near Évora
Anta Grande do Zambujero
A large megalithic dolmen, a burial tomb, is one of the tallest of its kind and dates to 4000-3000 B.C.
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Looking down from the top. The large cap-stone was removed during excavation.
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These sites sit in the middle of a cork tree gove.
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You can see how they have reoved the bark of the tree to harvest the cork.
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The Cromeleque do Almendres
This Portuguese Stonehenge, dating from about 5500 B.C. is an amazing sight. Older than the great pyramids in Egypt!
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Two thousand years older than Stonehenge!
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For such an important and ancient site it gets relatively few visitors.
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