Apulia / Dolmens, menhirs, mirrors

♦ Dolmens are collective funerary monuments, examples of megalithic architecture (2nd millennium BC); Significant examples of Dolmen in Puglia are present in the Salento peninsula, north of Taranto and in the hinterland north-west of Bari;
♦ The Menhirs (‘long stone’, from the ancient Breton) are monolithic artifacts of the Neolithic period linked to the cult of the sun and the earth and having an orientation function. They are very present in Puglia, in particular in the Salento peninsula;
♦ The specchie (from the Latin ‘specula’, observation post) are present in Salento west of Brindisi in the area between the municipalities of Ceglie Messapica, Villa Castelli and Francavilla Fontana; the most impressive is the Specchia Miano with a diameter of 20 m. and height 11 m ..