Centre for the Welcoming and Interpretation of Megalithic Monuments of Alcalar

 

 

 

A few kilometres from Portimão is the village of Alcalar, where around 5,000 years ago an important prehistoric community settled and lived.

 

Here they settled a village defended by walls, trenches and slopes, where they built dwellings, next to which they constructed an important set of megalithic tombs.

 

The traces found allow us to get closer to their way of life, their activities, the way they occupied and used this place. Their relationship with death is evident in the construction of the different types of tombs, from mass graves to those specially designed for chiefs and their families.

 

Discovered and explored since the end of the 19th century, the megalithic monuments of Alcalar are classified as National Monument.

 

Two of these funerary monuments are open, in Alcalar, to the public and allow direct contact with the processes and materials used in their construction.

 

As a complement to the discovery of the megalithic monuments of Alcalar, we suggest a visit to Portimão Museum, to take a closer look at some of the original pieces found in the different monuments and in the village, in order to better understand the cultural legacy of this millenary community.

 

To discover and learn more about the life of these communities in the prehistory, the Portimão Museum has prepared a range of activities for you:
• Guided tours
• One day in Prehistory
• Sounds of nature
• Prehistoric hunters
• Monuments builders
• Pottery / “Soenga”
• Weaving
• Stone Cutting
• Grinding

 

 

1 st of September to 31st of July
Tuesday – Saturday (10am – 1pm I 2pm - 4.30pm)

(last entrance 30 minutes before closing time)

Free entrance: Saturdays from 10am to 1pm
Closed: Monday, Sunday and Public Holidays

 

1st to 31st August
Tuesday – Saturday (10am – 1pm I 2pm – 6pm)

(last entrance 15 minutes before closing time)

Free entrance: Sundays and Public Holidays from 10am to 2pm
Closed: Monday

 

Prices
Ordinary ticket € 2,00
Set ticket € 4,00 (Museum + Alcalar) 

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Information and Inscriptions
Museu de Portimão tel.: +351 282 405 230 I This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Centro de Acolhimento e Interpretação dos Monumentos Megalíticos de Alcalar tel.: +351 282 248 594 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.