heritage.site

Dolmen del prado de Lácara

Dolmen del prado de Lácara Dolmen del prado de Lácara - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The dolmen del prado de Lácara ('Dolmen of the Meadow of Lácara') is a megalithic monument known as a passage tomb.Almagro Basch, 1959, p.249 It is located northwest of the Spanish city of Mérida, in the province of Badajoz. It is located next to the EX-214 road, which connects Aljucén with La Nava de Santiago. It is a notable megalithic tomb, built during the late Neolithic towards the end of the 4th millennium BC or early 3rd millennium BC.VV. AA, 2006, p.526 It is one of the most monumental and well preserved sites in the Extremadura region, which is why it was declared a site of cultural interest in 1912https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/bienes/buscarDetalleBienesInmuebles.do?brscgi_DOCN=000014148&brscgi_BCSID=9e6064f8&language=es and a National Monument in 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

Source: en.wikipedia.org