Taula by Torrellisar Vell
| Taula by Torrellisar Vell Taula de Torrellisar Vell | |||
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Location in Menorca |
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| Coordinates | 39 ° 53 '25.4 " N , 4 ° 9' 32.2" E | ||
| place | Alaior , Menorca , Balearic Islands , Spain | ||
| Emergence | 550 to 123 BC Chr. | ||
| height | 114 m | ||
The Taula of Torrellisar Vell is a cult site from the late Iron Age in the municipality of Alaior on the Spanish Balearic island of Menorca .
description
Taula places of worship are megalithic structures that only occur in Menorca. A monument made of two large monoliths in the shape of the letter “T” stands within a horseshoe-shaped enclosure made of Cyclopean walls . The popular name 'taula' ( Catalan for "table") was adopted by science. Taula cult sites formed from around 550 BC. The center of many post-Talayotic settlements. In some of them until the early Roman period, 123 BC. Began to perform cultic acts. 33 of these buildings are currently known. The characteristic stone construction still stands in seven of them.
The Taula of Torrellisar Vell stands today within a more than two meter high and 1.5 meter thick circular dry stone wall from more recent times, in which, however, six pilasters of the original complex are embedded. The post-Talayotic surrounding wall made of large stone slabs may still be preserved within today's dry stone wall. The taula itself is in an excellent state of preservation. The supporting stone is 2.60 m high and 1.65 m wide. Its thickness varies between 0.55 and 0.60 m. An even larger stone, 3.25 to 3.45 m long, 2.00 to 2.10 m wide and 0.50 m thick, rests on this as the capital .
The taula was part of a settlement of which little has been preserved. In the vicinity there are two talayots , tower-like structures from the talayotic phase of Menorca's prehistory, which dates from 850 to 550 BC. Lasted. Both are surrounded by multiple dry stone walls and overgrown with undergrowth so that their structure cannot be clearly recognized. Numerous ceramic shards from prehistoric, Roman and Islamic times have been found in the area of the former settlement .
location
The site can be reached from Alaior via the Camí de Torralba, from which you turn right into the Camí de l'Alblagai and after 400 m you reach the road to the Torrellisar Vell estate. From here the taula is about 250 m away. A display board gives the visitor more information. The So na Caçana site is about 550 m south, Torralba den Salord about 2.5 km north.
Monument protection
The archaeological site of Torrellisar Vell has been protected as a cultural asset ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) since 1966 under the registration number RI-51-0003239.
The Taula is one of the 32 archaeological sites that Spain officially proposed on January 14, 2016 as " Talayotic Culture of Menorca " for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List . The World Heritage Committee postponed the application at its 41st meeting in July 2017 and requested improvements.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board at the site, seen on September 28, 2016.
- ^ A b Antoni Nicolau Martí, Elena Sintes Olives, Ricard Pla Boada, Albert Àlvarez Marsal: Talayotic Minorca . The prehistory of the island. Triangle Books, Sant Lluís 2015, ISBN 978-84-8478-640-5 , pp. 184-187 (English).
- ↑ Ferran Lagarda i Mata: Torrellisá Vell (Taulas) on the website www.arqueoguia.com (English), accessed on October 14, 2015.
- ↑ Torrellisar taula on the Menorca Talayótica website, accessed on October 14, 2016.
- ^ The monuments in the nomination on the website Menorca talaiòtica des Consell Insular de Menorca (English), accessed on October 29, 2017
- ↑ World Heritage Committee (Ed.): List of nominations received by February 1, 2016 and for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 41st session (2017) . (English, unesco.org [PDF; 427 kB ]).
- ↑ World Heritage Committee (Ed.): Decisions adopted during the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (Krakow, 2017) . (English, unesco.org [PDF; 4.5 MB ]).