Dolmens of Valencia de Alcántara

The complex consists of Dolmens in Valencia de Alcántara consists of more than 40 dolmens. The most famous of the dolmens is the so-called “El Mellizo” in the little village of Aceña de la Borrega.

This megalithic area is among the largest in Europe. The stone structures are funerary constructions from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, which spanned between the third and fourth millennium BC. At the site, archaeologists have found individual and group burials, as well as funerary goods such as ceramics, ornaments, arrowheads, axes, carvings, and anthropomorphic idols.

Address
Valencia de Alcántara, Spain

Established
4000-3000 BCE