<< Other Photo Pages >> Porta do Alén - Rock Outcrop in Spain in Galicia
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Porta do AlénCountry: Spain
NOTE: This site is 3.805 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Galicia Type: Rock Outcrop
Latitude: 42.473173N Longitude: 8.383266W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Google Translation: The Porta do Alen according to mythology, it is the door to another world and therefore must go through it to communicate with the dead and there ask what you want. It should come from the North to the South. The wind will give you the answer but no one should know. It must back out the door because if we will not be in the world of the dead. It should bring an offering as bread or a candle, but do not fall into the absurdity of waste fill the place as this is no place for it, but it is to get in touch with the spiritual and natural world. Some claim that the "door" was a Celtic temple and this would be one of the doors to another dimension of the Celtic world. Whether or not one thing or another, Alen A Pedra do Vento and Marco are two places do everything Galician should meet and try and feel all the power and strength that this place exudes.
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