Lapa da Bugalheira

Lapa da Bugalheira is a nature reserve in Pedrógão, Torres Novas, Santarém District. Lapa da Bugalheira is situated nearby to the hamlet Casais Martanes, as well as near Casal do Raposo - Vale da serra.

Type: Nature reserve
Description: cultural heritage monument in Torres Novas, Portugal
Also known as: “Lapa dos Coelhos” and “Lapa dos Coelhos no Lugar de Almonda”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of Aroeira and Gruta da Nascente do Almonda.

Cave of Aroeira

Cave

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The Cave of Aroeira is an archaeological and paleoanthropological site in the Portuguese Estremadura Limestone Massif. The cave is located in the village of Almonda, in the civil parish of Zibreira, in the municipality of Torres Novas in the district of Santarém.

Gruta da Nascente do Almonda

Cave

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Gruta da Nascente do Almonda is a cave.

Lapa do Picareiro

Cave

The Lapa do Picareiro is a natural cave and prehistoric archaeological site located on the northern slopes of the Serra de Aire mountains in the Ribatejo region of Portugal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moitas Venda and Zibreira.

Moitas Venda

Village

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Moitas Venda is a civil parish in Alcanena Municipality, in the Médio Tejo Subregion of Oeste e Vale do Tejo Region, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 866, in an area of 6.75 km².

Zibreira

Village

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Zibreira is a civil parish in Portugal, located within the municipality of Torres Novas, in the Santarém District. It is noted for the Aroeria cave, where the Aroeira 3 skull of a 400,000 year old Homo Heidelbergensis was found, being the oldest trace of human history in Portugal.