Evidence of Rock Manipulation

Celerico da Beira

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May 4th 2012
I found this site when cycling close to Celerico da Beira, it is located a few miles Northwest of town. There were some old Roman ruins nearby but the most interesting thing for me was the shapes carved in to the rocks and the evidence of rock cutting. With the shape of mushroom rock, the holes carved into the rocks and the big megalithic slabs I got the impression whoever built this knew how t ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more