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The vast history of the territory of the Euro-Region Galicia and the North of Portugal has enabled the footprints of the different settlers to be still perceptible these days. It is enriching to be able to visit the prehistoric monuments of these regions, for a better understanding of how life centuries ago was.

The vast history of the territory of the Euro-Region Galicia and the North of Portugal has enabled the footprints of the different settlers to be still perceptible these days. It is enriching to be able to visit the prehistoric monuments of these regions, for a better understanding of how life centuries ago was.

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From Gallaecia to the Euro-Region<br />

Did you know?<br />

“The tumuli are related to a very rich folklore, in the form of oral<br />

traditions. These are connected to the legends of mouros, those mythic,<br />

astute and rich beings, who hid in the popular imaginary all the cultures<br />

that preceded us, and whom the people could not manage to explain<br />

(these mouros should not be confused with Muslims, even if the Galician<br />

and the Portuguese words for both are identical). These legends also<br />

explain why many of these monuments, at least the most accessible and<br />

visible, have not remain intact until our days, but have been opened<br />

instead in the 17th and 18th centuries, in search of the large wealth that<br />

they were supposed to hide and of which there are, that is for sure, no<br />

trace.”<br />

Dolmen of Axeitos (Riveira)<br />

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