Showing posts with label landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landscape. Show all posts

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Muita gente


Detalhe da paisagem megalítica primaveril em Reguengos


Povoado calcolítico da Contenda (inédito)


Materiais de superfície do povoado neolítico final do Pombal (inédito)


Mais um novo (velho) povoado calcolítico em Reguengos: Vale Carneiro.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Megalithic Spring in Alentejo

Walking in Alentejo, visiting old stones...


Anta do Estanque, "adoptada" por uma casa da aldeia, como galinheiro.



Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja.



Antas do Paço


Menir do Tojal


Azinheiras gémeas, em Santa Sofia


Primavera + Alentejo = papoilas

Monday, February 25, 2008

Thursday, February 07, 2008

To the West of Monsaraz

Barrocal in Winter
New aerial images of the beautiful territory of Monsaraz


Barrocal: the farm house and the granite quarry (respectively, the settlement of the future Communitarian Centre and the Hotel).




Monte do Barrocal (on the left) and the hill of Monsaraz


The Roman villa of Barrocal (the rectangle around the pond). The Alqueva Dam on the horizon.


Monsaraz from the West


Monsaraz and, behind it, the Late Bronze Age hillfort of S. Gens

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Avenue at Graça do Divor

Two stone paralel lines, in front of the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Graça do Divor: a feature of uncertain date and function.



The Chapel at sunset


The Avenue on its eastern end




The western bottom, on the ridge separating the hydrographic basins of the Tejo and Sado rivers (Pedro Alvim)


To the East of the Chapel, the Avenue is less preserved and shows a slightly different orientation

Around one Km to the South of the Chapel, rests of another stone lined avenue.


The ridge to the South of the Avenue

Monday, January 28, 2008

Aerial landscapes in Central Alentejo

Paço das Vinhas (Évora)

Dolmen of the Paço das Vinhas 2

The River Degebe, close to Paço das Vinhas

In the first plan, a prehistoric settlement, close to the dolmen Paço das Vinhas 2.
The granit outcrop has evidences of quarrying

Another prehistoric settlement in the left bank of the River Degebe
The same settlement site
A cup marked stone in the settlement
Detail of the cup marked stone

Aerial landscapes in Central Alentejo

Redondo (Monte do Cabido)




Flying close to Redondo, over an area with prehistoric settlements