{"id":68560,"date":"2025-06-13T07:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T05:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/?post_type=contenido&#038;p=68560"},"modified":"2025-06-20T07:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T05:22:23","slug":"the-rock-carvings-of-monte-banle-in-ameixenda-cee","status":"publish","type":"contenido","link":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/post\/the-rock-carvings-of-monte-banle-in-ameixenda-cee","title":{"rendered":"The Rock Carvings of Monte Banle in Ameixenda (Cee)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two significant prehistoric rock art sites have recently been discovered on Monte Banle, in the parish of Ameixenda (Cee): A Laxe de Fontefr\u00eda and A Pedra da Raposa. Both are located close to one another, in a granite highland landscape traditionally linked to water sources and ancient pathways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initial observations point to prehistoric carvings such as cup marks, grooves, and symbolic shapes\u2014including a figure interpreted as a possible boat with mast and sail facing the sunset. A more recent Greek cross has also been documented, suggesting the site\u2019s symbolic reuse over time. Some motifs appear to align with solar and lunar events, hinting at astronomical knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These findings enhance the cultural value of Costa da Morte and offer new insights into how prehistoric communities used and perceived the landscape. Monte Banle emerges as a site of memory, where nature, myth and ancient art converge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* Video: Asociaci\u00f3n Fumes do Cal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two significant prehistoric rock art sites have recently been discovered on Monte Banle, in the parish of Ameixenda (Cee): A Laxe de Fontefr\u00eda and A Pedra da Raposa. Both are located close to one another, in a granite highland landscape traditionally linked to water sources and ancient pathways. Initial observations point to prehistoric carvings such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":68311,"template":"","concellos-contenido":[308],"categorias-contenido":[252],"class_list":["post-68560","contenido","type-contenido","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","concellos-contenido-cee-en","categorias-contenido-megalitismo-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenido\/68560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenido"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/contenido"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"concellos-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/concellos-contenido?post=68560"},{"taxonomy":"categorias-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorias-contenido?post=68560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}