This village is near Evora and is starting point for viewing some megalithic sites.The main attraction in the village is the Aqueduct which was built between the 16 & 18th century as well as the Casa de Agua (house of water) and a circular tank known as the cardinals tank. These are highly decorated.
A few kilometres outside the village is the Anta Grande do Zambujeiro, a huge burial chamber thought to have been made between 3500 to 4000BC, and abandoned in 1500BC. It is the largest in the country comprising 8 standing stones which lean inwards to form the burial chamber 8 metres high. the 12 metre long approach corridor is mostly intact.
Further west we came to Menhir dos Almendres, a solitary menhir, 3 metres tall in the middle of an olive grove. Another 2.5 km away from this is Cromeleque dos Almendres, where 92 stones, some decorated with shallow engravings, are aligned in an oval plan for 70 m down a hill.This is thought to have been built about 7000 years ago, and appears to be linked with the other menhir as they line up to setting sun and moon at soltices.
A few kilometres outside the village is the Anta Grande do Zambujeiro, a huge burial chamber thought to have been made between 3500 to 4000BC, and abandoned in 1500BC. It is the largest in the country comprising 8 standing stones which lean inwards to form the burial chamber 8 metres high. the 12 metre long approach corridor is mostly intact.
Further west we came to Menhir dos Almendres, a solitary menhir, 3 metres tall in the middle of an olive grove. Another 2.5 km away from this is Cromeleque dos Almendres, where 92 stones, some decorated with shallow engravings, are aligned in an oval plan for 70 m down a hill.This is thought to have been built about 7000 years ago, and appears to be linked with the other menhir as they line up to setting sun and moon at soltices.
THE STONES
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