Rocha dos Namorados

This granite monument, shaped like a mushroom, has more than 2 meters high. Has a peculiar morphology, resembling a mushroom, with the narrower base than the top with the top height. Its symbolism became an attraction, given that it was customary to girls in the region to shoot a stone to a stone, to know if your marriage was around or not. Each stone was waiting a year failed. Today still meets on the first Monday of Easter.

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Rua de São Pedro
7200-132,Reguengos de Monsaraz

    Characteristics


  • Difficult external parking
  • Archeological sites
  • True

Monuments near Rocha dos Namorados

Anta 1 do Olival da Pega


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Anta 2 do Olival da Pega


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Capela de São José


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Igreja de São Pedro da Aldeia do Mato


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Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Rosário


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