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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Visit the Rock Paintings of the Rapa Cachão - Linhares

The Rock Paintings of the Rapa Cachão are in the Town of Linhares, a granite cliff overlooking the river Douro. Consist of a set of about three dozen "of megalithic figures drawn with geometric shapes, some may be seen as very human representations sketched. The majority of representations consists of figures square with the interior cut in chess, possible representations of Neolithic idols. They are topped with two red streaks. There are still reasons segmented square showing the inside of the oval or circular. We used red burgundy and dark blue, almost black, the latter is very rare. " This set of megalithic paintings is a national monument.

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