posted by tprior on 21 January 2011 at 10:42
Travelling about the Lagos area enjoying the scenery we came across these huge limestone and sandstone megaliths, so we investigated further. The Centro de Acolhimento e Interpretacao Alcalar gave us a leaflet and we found some tombs too, all dating back to 3000BC!! A great day's exploring!
where, when, how, web
Just off the A22 (IC4) between Lagos and Portimao
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Lagos
stones
monuments
history
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posted by shravyayampala on 16 July 2009 at 12:02
These walls proved that the present day Chania was built on the site of ancient Kydonia . The construction of the Byzantine walls first of all took place during the 1st Byzantine period. The stones of the newly set up Byzantine walls . In many places these stones followed the form of the natural rock. The stones were made up of segments that were broken up by orthogonal or polygonal battlements. The Byzantine walls, Crete were set up between the years 1336 and 1356 .
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travel.mapsofworld.com/greece/tourist-attractions-in-crete/byzantine-walls.html
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