Megalithic Pagan Sanctuary Of Panoias In Portugal

Brien Foerster – MessageToEagle.com – The Sanctuary of Panoias in the Vila Real region is situated in the northeast interior of Portugal and stands at an average altitude of 460 meters, 85 kilometers east of the Atlantic Ocean.

The origins of Vila Real are lost in time, but we know that the area was already inhabited in the Palaeolithic period.

There is evidence of both Celt-Iberian and Roman settlements (pagan sanctuary of Panóias).

During the Barbarian and Arab invasions the region was abandoned. In the 12th century peoples gradually began to settle, but it was only in 1289 that King D. Dinis presented the city with its charter.

It was built, according to many scholars in the late second century and the beginning of the third century A.D. and consists of an enclosure where there are three (among others) large boulders on which were carved several cavities of various sizes, as well as access stairs.

The type of stone of the area is not listed, and this knowledge would allow us to ascertain when the deep carving was done, and by whom.

Though used by the Romans for ritual purposes, their presence in the area and inscriptions do not prove that they were responsible for the deep sculpted surfaces.

Written by Brien Foerster
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