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Monuments in Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Núcleo de Arte Rupestre da Broeira
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Broeira
5150, Orgal
This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. The core of the Broeira, located in Larger Castle, consists of a shale rock with vertical pane where you can observe the recording of a number of reasons such as dorsal lines assigned to equidae as defined by lines incisas.
Núcleo de Arte Rupestre da Fonte Frieira
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Fonte Frieira
5150, Orgal
This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. This core consists of two shale rocks with engraved panels: one of them, today submerged, the recording of a slender neck deer, schematic, obtained by incision; on the other are engraved several filiform, Zoomorphic motifs and weapons.
Núcleo de Arte Rupestre da Quinta da Barca
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Chãs
5150, Chãs
This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. This nucleus, consisting of approximately 24 rocks, was executed between the Upper Paleolithic and CHALCOLITHIC. In its vertical panels, mostly turned over the course of the Coa, there are recordings of Zoomorphic motifs perforation and abradidos and rare incised motifs.
Núcleo de Arte Rupestre da Ribeirinha
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Ribeirinha
5150, Almendra
This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. This core consists of a natural shelter under rock, where we find anthropomorphous motifs very delicate schematics and blemishes that do not define figures painted in red.
Núcleo de Arte Rupestre de Meijapão
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Meijapão
5150, Orgal
This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. This core consists of a single rock, where you can observe a set of engraved motifs depicting anthropomorphic figures semiesquemáticas, armed with Spears and riding horses semiesquemáticos with reins.
Núcleo de Arte Rupestre de Vale de Moinhos
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EN222
5150, Vila Nova de Foz Côa
This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. This core consists of two rocks that have support writing of filiform reasons. On the left bank of ribeira is a vertical panel in shale showing how central motif equidae, while on the right bank can observe various Zoomorphic representations.
Núcleo de Arte Rupestre do Vale da Figueira - Teixugo
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Muxagata
5150, Muxagata
This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. This core consists of a large natural wall in shale, on the left bank of the River, where we found a set of engravings of reasons perforation, interpreted as being two cattle and a geometric motif also perforation. There are still prints incisas geometrical and remains of a possible motive schematic anthropomorph, located on the right bank of the Ribeira. One can also observe a vertical panel …
Núcleo de Arte Rupestre da Canada do Inferno e Rego da Vide
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Canada do Inferno
5150, Vila Nova de Foz Côa
This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. At the core of Canada do Inferno were scheduled 36 already recorded rocks, mostly submerged since 1983 as a result of the construction of the dam do Pocinho. It was in this part of the Valley, the 400 metres downstream, which was under construction the Foz Coa dam. As most important aspects noted the existence of various fishes recorded in two of the rocks of this nucleus, …
Núcleo de Arte Rupestre do Vale das Namoradas
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Vale das Namoradas
5150, Orgal
This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. This core consists of a shale rock, spring-driven, where if there are reasons for perforation representing schematic anthropomorphic figures with helmets of horns, recorded on the vertical panel and some traces still items without that form motifs.