Saturday, December 21, 2013

0233 – Winter solstice day

To celebrate the winter solstice day here are two Portuguese ditched enclosures that, some 4,5 thousand years ago, commemorated this solar event through their architecture. Both have their gates orientated to the sun rise at this particular day.


Xancra (Cuba, Beja).



Outeiro Alto (Serpa, Beja)

 Natal is rooted in quite earlier times…




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