More than 500 menhirs dating from the fifth millennium BC have been found in the province of Huelva. The excavations will last until 2026. It is hoped in the region that the new site will soon boost tourism.
Ton-heavy stone colossuses are the new attraction in Spain.
A sensational find in the middle of summer has been keeping the entire province of Huelva in the extreme southwest of Spain in suspense for a month. There they found the largest prehistoric cult site on the entire Iberian Peninsula. It is called La Torre-La Janera. More than 500 standing stones have been discovered on a site that has been lush with eucalyptus trees for nearly five decades and is only ten miles from the Atlantic coast.