Ancient and mysterious places in Spain

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🇪🇸 Spain · Fortress

Citadel of Henthorn

Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age

Citadel of Henthorn in Andalusia, Spain is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) fortress attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.

🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art

Rock Art of Hermitage

Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical

Rock Art of Hermitage in Andalusia, Spain is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.

🇪🇸 Spain · Buried city

Zara Wold Fan Buried Settlement

Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman

Zara Wold Fan Buried Settlement in Andalusia, Spain is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Roman culture.

🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith

Dolmen de Alberite

Early to Middle Neolithic · Andalusian Neolithic / Guadalquivir Megalithic

20 m Andalusian corridor dolmen in Cádiz hills with painted orthostats and 30 m tumulus, c.4000 BCE.

🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith

Puig Morter de Son Ferragut — Post-Talayotic Islet Hypostyle Hall

Post-Talayotic (550–123 BCE Son Ferragut hall 400 BCE) · Post-Talayotic Mallorcan iron age Son Ferragut 550 BCE square talayot abandon→ hall 400 BCE

Puig Morter 14.6 m hypostyle 5 columns 400 BCE.

🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith

S'Illot — Talayotic Coastal Cliffs and Punic Cistern

Talayotic (1100–500 BCE settlement 2000 m²; 200 BCE Punic cistern 2 after 123 BCE Roman conquest) · Talayotic → Punic 6th c. BCE contact → Roman to Punic merged

S'Illot coastal talayotic with Punic cistern 200 BCE.

🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village

Talaiot de Torre d'en Galmés

Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic

Talaiot de Torre d'en Galmés in Balearic Islands, Menorca, Spain is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).

🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village

Talaiot de Ses Païsses

Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic

Talaiot de Ses Païsses in Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).

🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith

Trepuco — Talayotic Chief Burial Taula and Talayot Near Mahón

Talayotic (700–300 BCE) Trepuco taula highest 4.20 m · Talayotic chiefdom Trepuco 700 BCE high taula 4.2 m with wall 3 m high

Trepuco 1930s Trepuco taula 4.20 m tallest.

🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith

Closos de Can Gaià — Talayotic-Naviform Coastal Pueblo Felanitx

Naviform Late Bronze Age (1700–1300 BCE naviform house 18 m × 12 m) · Naviform Late Bronze Mallorca pre-Talayotic houses (1700–1300)

Can Gaià naviform 18 m house 1700 BCE.

🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith

Pedra da Arca — Pino do Val Cromlech Group 7 Dolmens with Mastiff

Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE group 7 dolmens in 1 km) · Galician Neolithic cluster Pedra da Arca 7 tombs

Pedra da Arca 7 dolmens cluster.

🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient city

Atlantis Tartessos Shelf – Huelva Shelf Tartessic Atlantis

Claimed Tartessic Bronze 1000 BCE (rectangle sand ridge Holocene) · Tartessic / Spectral artefact

Huelva shelf Tartessos variant of Doñana rectangle — Hinojos cores show sand ridge not city Recorded context — Period: Claimed Tartessic Bronze 1000 BCE (rectangle sand ridge Holocene); Culture:…

🇪🇸 Spain · Temple complex

Benalmádena Stupa

Benalmádena Stupa is a stupa in Benalmádena, Málaga in the Andalusian region of southern Spain, overlooking Costa del Sol. It is 33 m (108 ft) high and is the tallest stupa in Europe.

🇪🇸 Spain · Mine

Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic

Bronze Age (1600–1100 BCE navetas via copper mine) · Bronze Age Balearic copper mining 1600 BCE galleries

Closos mine copper 1600 BCE.

🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith