The Menhir of Mijaraluenga

The Menhir of Mijaraluenga

Photo: HansenBCN / Wikimedia Commons , Public domain , resized

A megalithic menhir stands in the vicinity of the locality of Mijaralengua.

Located within the municipality of Valle de Tobalina, in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Mijaralengua is a locality where the river Ebro flows to the south.

In the surroundings of the locality, there is a menhir. This megalithic structure is situated near a place whose name can be written as Mijaraluenga or Mijaralengua.

Historical records from the nineteenth century note that the locality had a population of 21 inhabitants. It was described in the dictionary of Pascual Madoz as part of the geographic-statistical-historical dictionary of Spain.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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