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Lapa De Gargantáns
The Lapa de Gargantáns is a menhir located in the Galician municipality of Moraña Moraña is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the '' Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of t ..., dated between 3,000–2,000 BC and discovered in 1958.{{Cite web, title=Menhir de Gargantáns, url=https://turismoriasbaixas.com/en/recursopan1?content=280377357, url-status=live, website=Turismo Rias Baixas Description It is 1.92 meters high and 50 centimeters in diameter, its base is cut, so probably the original height was greater. Several petroglyphs are engraved on its surface. In Galician, the word ''lapa'', among other meanings, designates a stone that marks a burial. However, its exact function is unknown, and some archaeologists associate it with funerary, religious or commemorative signs, or ancient territorial boundaries between tribe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lapa may refer to: People * Bruno Lapa (born 1997), a Brazilian football player * Dave Lapa (born 1949), a Belgian diamond trader * Fernanda Lapa (1943–2020), a Portuguese actress * Serhiy Lapa (born 1992), a Ukrainian football player Places * Lapa, Paraná, a town near Curitiba, in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil * Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, a neighbourhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Lapa (district of São Paulo), a district of the city of São Paulo, Brazil * Lapa do Santo, an archaeological site in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil * Subprefecture of Lapa, a subprefecture of the city of São Paulo, Brazil * Lapa Island or Wanzai, a Chinese island to the west of the Macau Peninsula and the Macau islands of Taipa and Coloane * Lapa, Nepal, a village in Nepal * Lapa (Lisbon), a neighbourhood in the city of Lisbon, Portugal * Lapa, Cayey, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Lapa, Salinas, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Lapa Sarak, a village in Iran Other uses * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menhir
A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. They can be found individually as monoliths, or as part of a group of similar stones. Menhirs' size can vary considerably, but they often taper toward the top. They are widely distributed across Europe, Africa and Asia, but are most numerous in Western Europe; particularly in Ireland, Great Britain, and Brittany, where there are about 50,000 examples, and northwestern France, where there are some 1,200 further examples. Standing stones are usually difficult to date. They were constructed during many different periods across pre-history as part of the larger megalithic cultures in Europe and near areas. Some menhirs stand next to buildings that have an early or current religious significance. One example is the South Zeal Menhir in Devon, which formed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galicia (Spain)
Galicia (; gl, Galicia or ; es, Galicia}; pt, Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Galicia is located in Atlantic Europe. It is bordered by Portugal to the south, the Spanish autonomous communities of Castile and León and Asturias to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. It had a population of 2,701,743 in 2018 and a total area of . Galicia has over of coastline, including its offshore islands and islets, among them Cíes Islands, Ons, Sálvora, Cortegada Island, which together form the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, and the largest and most populated, A Illa de Arousa. The area now called Galicia was first inhabited by humans during the Middle Paleolithic period, and takes its name from the Gallaeci, the Celtic people living north of the Douro Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moraña
Moraña is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. See also * Lapa de Gargantáns The Lapa de Gargantáns is a menhir located in the Galician municipality of Moraña Moraña is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It ... References Municipalities in the Province of Pontevedra {{galicia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalithic Monuments In Spain
A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. There are over 35,000 in Europe alone, located widely from Sweden to the Mediterranean sea. The word was first used in 1849 by the British antiquarian Algernon Herbert in reference to Stonehenge and derives from the Ancient Greek words "mega" for great and "lithos" for stone. Most extant megaliths were erected between the Neolithic period (although earlier Mesolithic examples are known) through the Chalcolithic period and into the Bronze Age. At that time, the beliefs that developed were dynamism and animism, because Indonesia experienced the megalithic age or the great stone age in 2100 to 4000 BC. So that humans ancient tribe worship certain objects that are considered to have supernatural powers. Some relics of the megalithic era are menhirs (stone monuments) and dolmens (stone tables). Types and definitions While "megalith" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
