{"id":63416,"date":"2024-08-27T08:40:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T06:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/great-goldberg.213-199-36-195.plesk.page\/post\/megalithic-route-corridor"},"modified":"2024-09-17T19:52:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T17:52:05","slug":"megalithic-route-corridor","status":"publish","type":"contenido","link":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/post\/megalithic-route-corridor","title":{"rendered":"Megalithic Corridor Route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPECIFICATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total kilometers<\/strong>: 41 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access by vehicle<\/strong>: Pedra Cuberta, Arca da Piosa (By dirt track), Mina da Parxubeira.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access on foot<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pedra Moura do Monte C\u00e1rneo: 200 meters from the road.<\/li>\n<li>Pedra da Lebre: 30 meters from the road.<\/li>\n<li>Arca do Rab\u00f3s: 70 meters from the road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This route takes you through some of the most important megalithic monuments in Galicia due to their monumentality and good state of preservation.<\/p>\n<p>We begin the tour at <strong>Pedra Cuberta<\/strong>, in the parish of Treos in Vimianzo.<br \/>\nIt was studied by German archaeologists Georg and Vera Leisner in 1933 and inside they discovered the first paintings inside a dolmen in Galicia and one of the first in Europe. <\/p>\n<p>We continue through the parish of Treos to the second stop, <strong>Pedra Moura<\/strong>.<br \/>\nLocated in a well-kept meadow environment, it preserves very well the m\u00e1moa (earth mound) and its megalithic structure with the chamber and the corridor.<br \/>\nInside were paintings that allowed the dolmen to be dated to the fourth millennium BC. C.  <\/p>\n<p>A few kilometres away, very close to the road, is the next dolmen, <strong>Pedra da Lebre<\/strong>.<br \/>\nAlthough the monument is quite altered, it still retains much of its original monumentality.<br \/>\nIn it, evidence of painting was discovered that, once analyzed, provided one of the oldest dates of Galician megalithism, between 5,300 and 4,700 BC. C.  <\/p>\n<p>The next stage takes them through a forest road to the <strong>Arca da Piosa<\/strong>, in the municipality of Zas.<br \/>\nIt is one of the largest dolmens in Galicia, with stone slabs weighing more than six tons.<br \/>\nBut it is also well known thanks to a poem by Pondal, &#8220;\u00c1 hora en que doce o luceiro&#8221;, included in his famous work &#8220;Queixume dos Pinos&#8221; (1886), where he speaks of A Piosa as the tomb of the mythical warrior Brandomil.  <\/p>\n<p>From A Piosa, the route takes us back to the municipality of Vimianzo, specifically to Ba\u00ed\u00f1as.<br \/>\nVery close to the nucleus is the <strong>Arca do Rab\u00f3s<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThis small dolmen preserves its m\u00e1moa (tumulus) very well and is integrated within one of the largest necropolises of A Costa da Morte, called Chan do Rab\u00f3s and Chan do Cabral.  <\/p>\n<p>Not far away, right on the border between the town halls of Vimianzo and Dumbr\u00eda, is another of the most iconic megaliths in Galicia, <strong>Pedra da Arca<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe dolmen is magnificently preserved with its chamber and its long corridor almost intact.<br \/>\nIn addition, inside, there are remains of prehistoric paintings and some engravings.<br \/>\nAmong the motifs is a curious figure called &#8220;The Thing&#8221; by the Irish archaeologist Elisabeth Shee.<br \/>\nIts meaning is unknown, but some authors interpret it as an axe or even a sperm whale.    <\/p>\n<p>Our last stage takes us through the lands of the Mazaricos Municipality to <strong>A Mina da Parxubeira.<\/strong> A dolmen located in an idyllic setting, in the middle of a beautiful meadow.<br \/>\nExcavations carried out here in the 1970s and 1980s provided extraordinary results such as a rich grave goods and a set of anthropomorphic idols standing in front of the entrance to the megalith, protecting the monument. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPECIFICATIONS: Total kilometers: 41 kilometers. Access by vehicle: Pedra Cuberta, Arca da Piosa (By dirt track), Mina da Parxubeira. Access on foot: Pedra Moura do Monte C\u00e1rneo: 200 meters from the road. Pedra da Lebre: 30 meters from the road. Arca do Rab\u00f3s: 70 meters from the road. 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