Menir de Aspradantes
Menir de Aspradantes is an archaeological site in Vila do Bispo e Raposeira, Vila do Bispo, Faro District. Menir de Aspradantes is situated nearby to the peak Figueira, as well as near the beach Praia da Ingrina.Photo: Rmatospi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: standing stone in Vila do Bispo, Portugal
- Also known as: “Aspradantes menhir”, “Menhir de Aspradantes”, and “Padrao menhir”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Menhirs of Padrão and Fort Vera Cruz.
Menhirs of Padrão
Archaeological site
Photo: Pedro Ponce Asensio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Menhirs of Padrão are a group of fifteen megalithic menhirs located in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Faro District of the Algarve region of Portugal. Menhirs of Padrão is situated 2½ km southwest of Menir de Aspradantes.
Fort Vera Cruz
Archaeological site
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Vera Cruz, also known as Fort Vera Cruz da Figueira or Figueira Fort, consist of the remains of a fort located in Vila do Bispo, in Algarve, Portugal. Fort Vera Cruz is situated 2½ km southeast of Menir de Aspradantes.
Praia da Ingrina
Beach
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Praia da Ingrina is a beach, which is situated 3 km southwest of Menir de Aspradantes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Figueira and Budens.
Figueira
Village
Figueira is a village near Portimão in the Algarve in Portugal. In the English-speaking world its main claim to fame is the disappearance there, on 12 September 2004, of a local girl, eight-year-old Joana Cipriano, and the subsequent conviction of her mother and uncle for murder.
Budens
Village
Photo: Frank Jahnholz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Budens is a village, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Menir de Aspradantes.
Salema
Neighborhood
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vila do Bispo is a town and municipality in Portugal's Algarve. It includes the destinations of Sagres and Salema. Salema is situated 3½ km east of Menir de Aspradantes.
Menir de Aspradantes
- Categories: menhir, cultural heritage, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Vila do Bispo e Raposeira, Vila do Bispo, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.07252° or 37° 4′ 21″ northLongitude
-8.86531° or 8° 51′ 55″ westOperator
Sem afectaçãoOpen location code
8C9H34FM+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 4947031528OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q10328698
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Menir de Aspradantes” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Menhir d’Aspradantes”
- French: “menhir d’Aspradantes”
- French: “Menhir de Aspradantes”
- French: “menhir de Padrao”
- German: “Menhire von Aspradantes”
- Portuguese: “Menir de Aspradantes”
- Spanish: “Menhir de Aspradantes”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capela das Hortas do Tabual and Ermida de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe.
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