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Cyclopean architecture was a characteristic building style of Mycenaean Greek civilization. Tombs and citadels were built of huge irregular stones, fitted together with fine joinings and no mortar. Cyclopean ruins are found at Greek, Etruscan, south Indian, Talayotic, and Anatolian sites. Cyclopean architecture - Origin of name. The name comes from the mythical giants Cyclops, to whom the building of such enormous walls was attributed Cyclopean architecture - Cyclopean Masonry< ... Including:

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• Cyclopean architecture - Origin of name

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The Balearic Islands (Illes Balears Catalan official name, Islas Baleares in Spanish) are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the coast of Spain. They form one of the Autonomous Communities of Spain, the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. The Community's capital city is Palma. Its only province is also called Illes Balears Province. The official languages are Catalan and Spanish. The Balearic Islands are one of the catalan-speaking teritor ...

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A megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument either alone or with other stones. Megalithic means made of such stones, but uses a interlocking system without the use of mortar or cement. The word megalith comes from the Ancient Greek megas meaning large, and lithos meaning stone. Megalith - Distribution of megaliths. The term can be used to describe buildings erected by people from many parts of the world living in many ... Including:

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• Megalith - Astronomical use
• Megalith - Modern megaliths
• Megalith - Examples of megaliths

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In Western Europe and the Mediterranean, megaliths are generally constructions erected during the Neolithic or late stone age and Chalcolithic or Copper Age (4500 - 1500 B.C.E). Perhaps the most famous megalithic structure is Stonehenge in England, although many others are known throughout the world. The French Comte de Caylus was the first to describe the Monuments of Carnac. Legrand d'Aussy introduced the terms menhir and dolmen, both taken from the Breton language, into antiquarian ...

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Main article: Megalithic tomb Many megalithic monuments were burial mounds which were often re-used by different generations. The chambered cairn is a common type of collective tomb. Some of these are passage graves generally built of drystone walling and/or megaliths often with a round burial chamber in a round mound with a straight passage leading out. Gallery graves have a long megalithic chamber with parallel sides ofte ...

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The city of Romita is located at 20°52′12″N, 102°31′07″W. It is 1750 meters above sea level. To the North, it is bordered by the Municipality of León; to the East, the Municipality of Silao; to the Southeast, the Municipality of Abasolo and Cuerámaro, and to the West, the Municipaity of Manuel Doblado and San Francisco del Rincon. Romita covers 446.6 square kilometers, 1.46% of the total surface area of the state. The Municipality is divided in 102 towns. The most important are: Romita, Mezquite Gordo, Liebres de el Refugio, Santa Rosa de Rivas, La Sa ...

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