Vaysal Dolmen

Lalapasa Dolmen and Friends

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June 29th 2012
I passed 3 dolmen and some standing stones while cycling from Edirne in Turkey towards the Black Sea in Bulgaria. There was one in the town of Lalapasa, one 2 kms North of town and another near Hacidanisment. Each dolmen had a small hole that looked like a doorway, which I haven't seen anywhere else, they were made from some seriously heavy stones and different numbers of them. Another c ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more