Dolmen of Menga

The Dolmen of Menga is a megalithic burial mound called a tumulus, a long barrow form of dolmen, dating from the Neolithic period around 3750–3650 BCE.
Wikipedia
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dolmen de Viera and Museo del Conjunto Arqueológico Dólmenes de Antequera.

Archaeological site
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The or Dolmen de los Hermanos Viera is a dolmen—a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb—located in , province of , , .

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 180 metres east of Dolmen of Menga.

Park
Photo: El Pantera, CC BY-SA 2.5.
, situated 2.5 kilometres north east of the town of , is one of the most important examples of early Bronze Age architecture in southern Europe. is situated 1½ km northeast of Dolmen of Menga.

Dolmen of Menga

Latitude
37.02419° or 37° 1′ 27″ north
Longitude
-4.54825° or 4° 32′ 54″ west
Elevation
471 metres (1,545 feet)
Open location code
8C9Q2FF2+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 539468924
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
10290967
Wiki­data ID
Q1143218
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Dolmen of Menga” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Dolme de Menga”
  • Basque: “Mengako trikuharria”
  • Belarusian: “Куэва-дэ-Менга”
  • Catalan: “Dolmen de Menga”
  • Chinese: “門加大石墓”
  • Chinese: “门加大石墓”
  • Czech: “Cueva de Menga”
  • Czech: “Dolmen Menga”
  • Dutch: “Dolmen of Menga”
  • French: “dolmen de Menga”
  • French: “Dolmen de Menga”
  • French: “Menga”
  • Galician: “Dolmen de Menga”
  • Georgian: “მენგის დოლმენი”
  • German: “Cueva de Menga”
  • German: “Dolmen von Menga”
  • Hebrew: “דולמן מנגה”
  • Italian: “Dolmen de Menga”
  • Italian: “Dolmen di Menga”
  • Italian: “Dolmen of Menga”
  • Japanese: “ドルメン・デ・メンガ”
  • Japanese: “メンガ支石墓”
  • Maltese: “Dolmen ta‘ Menga”
  • Maltese: “Dolmen ta’ Menga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Menga-dyssen”
  • Persian: “دلمن منگا”
  • Portuguese: “Cova da Menga”
  • Russian: “Куэва-де-Менга”
  • Russian: “Менга”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de la Menga”
  • Spanish: “Dolmen de menga”
  • Spanish: “Dolmen de Menga”
  • Spanish: “Dólmen de Menga”
  • Turkish: “Dolmen de Menga”
  • Ukrainian: “Дольмен Менга”
  • Vietnamese: “Mộ đá Menga”

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