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Interpretative Center of Almendres (1x4)

Ημερομηνία προβολής: Φεβ 27, 2021

The Almendres Interpretation Centre, in the village of Guadalupe, a few kilometers from Évora, was created in 2019 with the main purpose of raising enthusiasm and passion for Évora’s Prehistory. In addition to supporting visitors to the Almendres cromlech, one of the first examples of monumental architecture in Europe, the largest megalithic site on the Iberian Peninsula and the oldest known in Portugal, the Centre also proposes activities focused on experimental archaeology. We discussed with the archeologist Mário Carvalho the changes that took place on the territory during the Neolithic period, the culture thus created and still present in the Alentejo cultural identity; we discovered how the megalithic landscape connects Évora to Europe, the challenges facing the conservation and the dissemination of the region’s megalithic monuments, among which the Almendres cromlech, the great dolmen of Zambujeiro and the Escoural cave hold an outstanding position.