Anta do Alto da Toupeira, Loures

Name: Anta do Alto da Toupeira
Address: Loures, Portugal

#4 among attractions in Loures

Prehistoric site

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The Anta do Alto da Toupeira, also called the Anta da Toupeira or the Anta de Salemas, is a Neolithic dolmen, or megalithic tomb, situated in the parish of Lousa in the municipality of Loures, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It dates back to the Chalcolithic. ()

Coordinates: 38°52'28"N, 9°12'10"W

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Anta do Alto da Toupeira – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Museu de Cerâmica de Sacavém, Roman villa of Frielas, Cave of Pego do Diabo, Cave of Salemas.

7.7 miSE
Museum
Museu de Cerâmica de Sacavém, Lisbon
198 min walk • The Ceramics Museum of Sacavém is situated in the town of Sacavém in the municipality of Loures, just northeast of Lisbon in Portugal. The museum was opened in July 2000 and was constructed on the grounds of a former ceramics factory.
4.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Roman villa of Frielas, Loures
117 min walk • The Roman Villa of Frielas is located in the parish of Frielas in the municipality of Loures in the Lisbon District of Portugal.
1.2 miSW
Cave
Cave of Pego do Diabo, Loures
31 min walk • The Cave of Pego do Diabo is a small karst cave in a Turonian limestone outcrop located about 250 metres above sea level in the municipality of Loures, about 20 km north of Lisbon in Portugal.
~540 ftN
Prehistoric site
Cave of Salemas, Loures
3 min walk • The Cave of Salemas is located close to the village of Lousa in the municipality of Loures in the Lisbon District of Portugal. Discovered by archaeologists during the 1950s, the cave appears to have been occupied by humans as a temporary refuge during the Upper Paleolithic and used as a tomb during the Neolithic.
4.7 miS
Prehistoric site
Anta das Pedras Grandes, Odivelas
121 min walk • Anta is the Portuguese name for about 5,000 megaliths built during the Neolithic period in the area of Portugal. The Anta das Pedras Grandes is a late-Neolithic site located in Casal Nova in the parish of Caneças, in the Odivelas municipality, in the Lisbon District of Portugal.
3.4 miS
Palace
Palace of Correio-Mor
87 min walk • The Palace of the High Courier of Loures, is a palatial residence in the civil parish of Loures, in the municipality of the same name in the periphery of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon.
7.4 miNW
Park
Tapada Nacional de Mafra, Mafra
189 min walk • The Tapada Nacional de Mafra was created in Mafra, Portugal, during the reign of king João V, following the building of the Mafra National Palace, as a park for royal and court recreation.
5.6 miSE
Church
Igreja da Póvoa de Santo Adrião, Lisbon
143 min walk • Igreja da Póvoa de Santo Adrião is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.
3.2 miSE
Church
Igreja de Santa Maria
81 min walk • Igreja de Santa Maria is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.
3.9 miS
Archaeological site
Roman villa of Almoinhas
100 min walk • The Roman villa of Almoinhas is a Roman villa in the civil parish of Loures, municipality of Loures, dating to the first to fifth century A.D.