Anta do Paço das Vinhas

Anta do Paço das Vinhas

The Anta do Paço das Vinhas (also Anta do Paço da Vinha or Anta 1 da Herdade do Paço das Vinhas) is a megalithic complex in southern Portugal. With its polygonal chamber and the unusually long 9.3 m long corridor made of 13 supporting stones, it is an impressive monument in good shape that was examined by E. Cartailhac in the 19th century and placed under protection in 1910. Anta or dolmen is the Portuguese name for around 5000 megalithic structures that were built during the Neolithic in the west of the Iberian Peninsula by the successors of the cardial or imprint culture .

Floor plan of a "wide-chamber" Anta

The Anta is on the road to Canaviais, north of Évora in the Alentejo . It is in the "Roteiro megalitico" of the city administration of Évora under "Azaruja Tour No. 15 "listed. The wide chamber made of seven supporting stones with a base area of ​​4.4 × 3.1 m with a preserved capstone on which there are many bowls is about two meters high.

See also

• Megaliths in the Évora district

literature

• Ana Palma dos Santos: Monumentos megalíticos do Alto Alentejo . Lisbon 1994, ISBN 972-918416-X .
• Thomas G. Schattner (Ed.): Archaeological guide through Portugal (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 74). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-8053-2313-1 p. 163

Web links

• Brief description (Portuguese) and picture

Coordinates: 38 ° 37 '23.9 "  N , 7 ° 52' 42.1"  W.