Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Antequera

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. Tholos de El Romeral not even 2km apart from the Dolmen de Viera and the Dolmen de Menga is one of the most important examples of early Bronze Age architecture in southern Europe. Tholos de El Romeral is a megalithic burial site built circa 1800. Tholos de El Romeral is a chambered tomb covered by a mound. It consists of a corridor with drystone walls made of small stones and a ceilings made of megalithic slabs. The corridor culminates with two consecutive round beehive-like chambers. The larger chamber has a diameter of approximately 4.20 metres. The floor of the corridor and main chamber are made of packed earth. The second chamber is linked to the first by a rectangular corridor. It has a diameter of approximately 2 metres, contains a stone slab bier, and the floor of the small room is covered with stone slabs. Bones and grave goods were found within the dolmen.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. Tholos de El Romeral not even 2km apart from the Dolmen de Viera and the Dolmen de Menga is one of the most important examples of early Bronze Age architecture in southern Europe. Tholos de El Romeral is a megalithic burial site built circa 1800. Tholos de El Romeral is a chambered tomb covered by a mound. It consists of a corridor with drystone walls made of small stones and a ceilings made of megalithic slabs. The corridor culminates with two consecutive round beehive-like chambers. The larger chamber has a diameter of approximately 4.20 metres. The floor of the corridor and main chamber are made of packed earth. The second chamber is linked to the first by a rectangular corridor. It has a diameter of approximately 2 metres, contains a stone slab bier, and the floor of the small room is covered with stone slabs. Bones and grave goods were found within the dolmen.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. The Dolmen de Menga is only about 90m apart of the Dolmen de Viera The tumulus of the dolmen has a diameter of about 50 meters and is over 4 meters high. A corridor, which is oriented to the northeast leads into a large, almost semicircular room divided by three central supporting pillars. There are no annex rooms. The megalithic structure covered by the hill is made up of 31 precisely hewn and almost seamlessly joined blocks with a total weight of around 1600 tons. The largest ceiling slabs weigh around 180 tons. The total length of the underground structure is 27.50 meters. The height increases inwards from 2.70 meters at the entrance to 3.50 meters at the southwestern endstone.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. The Dolmen de Menga is only about 90m apart of the Dolmen de Viera The tumulus of the dolmen has a diameter of about 50 meters and is over 4 meters high. A corridor, which is oriented to the northeast leads into a large, almost semicircular room divided by three central supporting pillars. There are no annex rooms. The megalithic structure covered by the hill is made up of 31 precisely hewn and almost seamlessly joined blocks with a total weight of around 1600 tons. The largest ceiling slabs weigh around 180 tons. The total length of the underground structure is 27.50 meters. The height increases inwards from 2.70 meters at the entrance to 3.50 meters at the southwestern endstone.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. The Dolmen de Menga is only about 90m apart of the Dolmen de Viera The tumulus of the dolmen has a diameter of about 50 meters and is over 4 meters high. A corridor, which is oriented to the northeast leads into a large, almost semicircular room divided by three central supporting pillars. There are no annex rooms. The megalithic structure covered by the hill is made up of 31 precisely hewn and almost seamlessly joined blocks with a total weight of around 1600 tons. The largest ceiling slabs weigh around 180 tons. The total length of the underground structure is 27.50 meters. The height increases inwards from 2.70 meters at the entrance to 3.50 meters at the southwestern endstone.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited. The dating of the Dolmen de Viera is unclear, but it is assumed to be between 4500 and 5500 years old. The Dolmen de Viera was discovered in 1903/05 by the brothers Antonio and José Viera and bears their name. The tumulus of the Dolmen de Viera has a diameter of about 50 metres. A corridor leads into the interior of the hill and faces east-southeast i.e. roughly at the highest point of the sun in June, whose rays then still illuminate the corridor at dawn. The corridor to the burial chamber was built from precisely hewn and joined large stone blocks. Five of the capstones are still intact and two are incomplete. The corridor is about 1.30 meters wide in the front area, and 1.60 meters wide at the burial chamber. The average height is just over 2 meters. It ends at a transverse megalithic stone, in the middle of which there is a rectangular opening measuring about 60 × 80 centimeters, which is sometimes also called a soul hole. Behind it is a square burial chamber that is only slightly larger than the corridor.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited.

The Antequera Dolmens Site is an ensemble comprising the Dolmen of Menga, the Dolmen of Viera and the Tholos of El Romeral. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2016 and has a museum, where artefacts excavetd here are exhibited.

Antequera was known during Roman times as "Anticaria" and had existed already centuries, when the Romans took over the area from the Carthaginians after the Punic Wars. During the fall of the Roman Empire, the area fell to the Vandals in the 410s. They were attacked by the Visigoths, who incarporated it into the Visigothic Kingdom. During the Arab invasion Anticaria was conquered around 716 and, when the Reconquista rolled south, it became one of the northern cities of the remaining Nasrid kingdom of Granada. Fortifications were built and a Moorish castle, named Alcazaba, erected. For about two hundred years the Medina, located inside the Alcazaba, was attacked repeatedly. In 1410, an army led by Prince Ferdinand of Aragon conquered it. Antequera became part of the Kingdom of Castile, the Muslims were driven out. The city became a Catholic fortress against the Nasrid kingdom of Granada, and a base for continuing conquest. After Granada, the last Moorish city, capitulated in 1492, Antequera began to recover from the centuries of fighting. The "Alcazaba de Antequera" towers over Antequera. It was built in the 14th century over Roman ruins got reinforced after the conquest was used by the Catholic armees.

Spanish Paradores are traditionally in historical buildings, but the Parador in Antequera is a very modern building surrounded by large gardens. There is a nice restaurant.

Spanish Paradores are traditionally in historical buildings, but the Parador in Antequera is a very modern building surraunded by large gardens. There is a nice restaurant. Perfect Tuna

Antequera was known during Roman times as "Anticaria" and had existed already centuries, when the Romans took over the area from the Carthaginians after the Punic Wars. During the fall of the Roman Empire, the area fell to the Vandals in the 410s. They were attacked by the Visigoths, who incarporated it into the Visigothic Kingdom. During the Arab invasion Anticaria was conquered around 716 and, when the Reconquista rolled south, it became one of the northern cities of the remaining Nasrid kingdom of Granada. Fortifications were built and a Moorish castle, named Alcazaba, erected. For about two hundred years the Medina, located inside the Alcazaba, was attacked repeatedly. In 1410, an army led by Prince Ferdinand of Aragon conquered it. Antequera became part of the Kingdom of Castile, the Muslims were driven out. The city became a Catholic fortress against the Nasrid kingdom of Granada, and a base for continuing conquest. After Granada, the last Moorish city, capitulated in 1492, Antequera began to recover from the centuries of fighting. Real Colegiata de San Sebastián, located in the city center, was built between 1540 and 1549. The massive brick tower, 60 metres high, one of Antequera´s landmarks, was built between 1701 and 1706. It is crowned by a golden weather flag called "El Angelote", which is almost three and a half metres high.

Antequera was known during Roman times as "Anticaria" and had existed already centuries, when the Romans took over the area from the Carthaginians after the Punic Wars. During the fall of the Roman Empire, the area fell to the Vandals in the 410s. They were attacked by the Visigoths, who incarporated it into the Visigothic Kingdom. During the Arab invasion Anticaria was conquered around 716 and, when the Reconquista rolled south, it became one of the northern cities of the remaining Nasrid kingdom of Granada. Fortifications were built and a Moorish castle, named Alcazaba, erected. For about two hundred years the Medina, located inside the Alcazaba, was attacked repeatedly. In 1410, an army led by Prince Ferdinand of Aragon conquered it. Antequera became part of the Kingdom of Castile, the Muslims were driven out. The city became a Catholic fortress against the Nasrid kingdom of Granada, and a base for continuing conquest. After Granada, the last Moorish city, capitulated in 1492, Antequera began to recover from the centuries of fighting. Santa María de Jesús was completed in 1615. During the French invasion the church got severely damaged, but got rebuilt in the 19th century.

Antequera was known during Roman times as "Anticaria" and had existed already centuries, when the Romans took over the area from the Carthaginians after the Punic Wars. During the fall of the Roman Empire, the area fell to the Vandals in the 410s. They were attacked by the Visigoths, who incarporated it into the Visigothic Kingdom. During the Arab invasion Anticaria was conquered around 716 and, when the Reconquista rolled south, it became one of the northern cities of the remaining Nasrid kingdom of Granada. Fortifications were built and a Moorish castle, named Alcazaba, erected. For about two hundred years the Medina, located inside the Alcazaba, was attacked repeatedly. In 1410, an army led by Prince Ferdinand of Aragon conquered it. Antequera became part of the Kingdom of Castile, the Muslims were driven out. The city became a Catholic fortress against the Nasrid kingdom of Granada, and a base for continuing conquest. After Granada, the last Moorish city, capitulated in 1492, Antequera began to recover from the centuries of fighting. In 1503 the existing small Iglesia de Santa María de la Esperanza was converted into a into a collegiate church. This church got demolished and the new church, seen today, was completed in 1550. Seen on the left is a statue of Pedro Espinosa (1578-1650), a poet and writer born in Antequera. He taught here for several years.

Antequera was known during Roman times as "Anticaria" and had existed already centuries, when the Romans took over the area from the Carthaginians after the Punic Wars. During the fall of the Roman Empire, the area fell to the Vandals in the 410s. They were attacked by the Visigoths, who incarporated it into the Visigothic Kingdom. During the Arab invasion Anticaria was conquered around 716 and, when the Reconquista rolled south, it became one of the northern cities of the remaining Nasrid kingdom of Granada. Fortifications were built and a Moorish castle, named Alcazaba, erected. For about two hundred years the Medina, located inside the Alcazaba, was attacked repeatedly. In 1410, an army led by Prince Ferdinand of Aragon conquered it. Antequera became part of the Kingdom of Castile, the Muslims were driven out. The city became a Catholic fortress against the Nasrid kingdom of Granada, and a base for continuing conquest. After Granada, the last Moorish city, capitulated in 1492, Antequera began to recover from the centuries of fighting.

Antequera was known during Roman times as "Anticaria" and had existed already centuries, when the Romans took over the area from the Carthaginians after the Punic Wars. During the fall of the Roman Empire, the area fell to the Vandals in the 410s. They were attacked by the Visigoths, who incarporated it into the Visigothic Kingdom. During the Arab invasion Anticaria was conquered around 716 and, when the Reconquista rolled south, it became one of the northern cities of the remaining Nasrid kingdom of Granada. Fortifications were built and a Moorish castle, named Alcazaba, erected. For about two hundred years the Medina, located inside the Alcazaba, was attacked repeatedly. In 1410, an army led by Prince Ferdinand of Aragon conquered it. Antequera became part of the Kingdom of Castile, the Muslims were driven out. The city became a Catholic fortress against the Nasrid kingdom of Granada, and a base for continuing conquest. After Granada, the last Moorish city, capitulated in 1492, Antequera began to recover from the centuries of fighting. The "Alcazaba de Antequera" built in the 14th century over Roman ruins gor reinforced after the conquest was used by the Catholic armees.