Monday, March 19, 2007

The hidden faces of the stones



Granite outcrop inside the Neolithic-Chalcolithic settlement of S. Caetano, close to the town of Evora.

Sunday, March 18, 2007

O Calcanhar do Mundo






Junto a S. Cristóvão (Montemor-o-Novo): grandes rochedos a pique, na Ribeira de S. Cristóvão (o Penedo do Barbeiro).

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Megalitismo alentejano contemporâneo













































Cosmograms inscribed on the stones of Tamera.
With the contribution of Marko Pogacnik.














Re-creating a monument





Inspired on the Almendres megalithic enclosure, a new monument is born in Alentejo: between Aljustrel and Odemira, the people of Tamera is recreating, with elaborated symbols carved on the stones, a comunity around a circle of stones and ideas.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Rebuilding a monument


Newgrange


Newgrange

Gavrinis


Petit Mont d'Arzon


Petit Mont d'Arzon


Table des Marchand


Table des Marchand

Restoring a megalithic monument, with its mound, is not an easy job. Newgrange (Ireland), Gravrinis, Petit Mont d'Arzon, Table des Marchand (Brittany) make us wonder about Anta Grande do Zambujeiro.

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Estátuas-menires






O "menir" 2 das Lajes (Évora): monólito com cerca de 1, 70 m, evidenciando um cinto, em baixo-relevo. Estátuas-menires do Sul de França, com vários atributos antropomórficos, incluindo cintos.