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Taula at Torre Llisa Vell, Minorca
Torre Llisa Vell, Minorca, sighting to Talayot and distant Monte Toro
Taula at Torralba d'en Sallort, Minorca
The Leaning Taula at Talati de Dalt, Minorca
Talayot at Talati de Dalt, Minorca
Stone Chamber, Talati de Dalt, Minorca
Stone Chamber, Talati de Dalt, Minorca
Taulas Talati de Dalt, Minorca
Neolithic Village, Trepuco, Minorca
Taula at Trepuco, Minorca
Megalithic Complex, Torre Llafuda, Minorca
Megalithic Complex, Torre Llafuda, Minorca
Taula, Torre Llafuda, Minorca
Taula, Torre Llafuda, Minorca
Talayot Ruins, Torre Llafuda, Minorca
Talayot at Sa Talaia Joana, Majorca
Talayot with ingrown farmhouse at Sa Talaia Joana, Majorca
Talayot at Sa Talaia Joana, Majorca
Talayot at Son Fred, Majorca
Talayot near Alcudia, Majorca
Neolithic Village at Ses Paisses, Majorca
Ruined Megalithic Megalopolis at Son Danus Nou, Majorca
Balearic Islands:
Taulas and Talayots
Majorca and Minorca, off Spain's south coast, are rich in 3000-year-old neolithic ruins. Both have conical stone towers called talayots. Only Minorca has taulas, strange T-shaped structures with a round precinct. Linked to ancient bull worship, they look past a talayot in a direct line to Monte Toro, the island's highest point.
Local legend says before there was a path up Monte Toro, villagers saw strange lights on the mountainside. Climbing up, they saw a bull stood guarding a precipice. The bull cleft the rock and led them to an image of the Virgin Mary at the top, where they built a chapel, now a church. An ancient stone dolmen is hidden behind the old church's fireplace. The church was home to a cult of St. Michael, patron of desolate places, ruins and alignments. Coincidence?
