Antequera dolmens

Midsummer beach party noche san juan almeria andalucia
For most people today the summer solstice is a time for celebration marking the first day of summer, usually associated with the big mid-summer parties in countries like Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Spain etc. However, it was also a hugely important date for many ancient cultures , with the event often marked in some ritualistic way, usually through the alignment of ceremonial buildings/structures specifically for the mid-summer sunrise. Examples...
View of Antequera Andalucia lovers rock and dolmens unesco sites spain
Andalucian sites added to the new UNESCO World Heritage List 2016. El Torcal national park along with the Peña de los Enamorados (Lovers Rock) and the Megalithic dolmens of Menga, Viera and El Romeral , near Antequera, have been added to this year´s UNESCO´s World Heritage List , just announced on 15 July . The five sites - three cultural and two natural - are described by UNESCO as: “The Antequera dolmens are outstanding examples of megalithic...