There are places that arouse interest for their beauty, for their grandeur or for the natural environment that surrounds them. And other places draw attention to the enigma and the mystery that seem to enclose. This is the case of Stonehenge, a megalithic monument that is located in England, near Amesbury in the heart of Wiltshire.
If you have the opportunity to visit it, do not miss it. You will attend one of the most architectural constructions surprising of the world, dating back to none other than the Neolithic. Experts still wonder what the meaning of those mysterious stones is.
A stone temple
The structure of the Stonehenge monument seems simple. These are large blocks of stone arranged from circular shape, in four concentric circles, the largest of about 30 meters in diameter. In the center, a stone slab that simulates a kind of altar. The megalithic set It is surrounded by a moat, also circular, which is cut by a kind of path of about 3 kilometers.
Although the origin of this very special place is not known for certain, it is believed that its purpose was to serve as religious temple, as a kind of place of prayer, or as a Funerary monument, since various burials with human remains have been found nearby. Maybe it was a place where they performed ceremonies of cult to the dead…
Be that as it may, the Stonehenge sanctuary is a place worth visiting, since it tells us about a past dimension of man, but very interesting. Researchers from the University of Sheffield found very close to this curious megalithic temple a settlement with more than a thousand houses. According to these experts, those houses were used only temporarily, and not on a regular basis. Curious, right?
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