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Menhir e Cappella Spirito Santo (en)
Route: Falesie
Menhir e Cappella Spirito Santo (en)


The menhir, located at the intersection of three roads, is a stone structure of 170 cm high and a section of 70x50 cm. The megalith is situated at the end of a dry stone wall, in which a small chapel that gave it its name appears incorporated to it. The top of the menhir appears tapered to accommodate a stone base, probably a space designated for a cross.   The small chapel of the Spirito Santo, built in the seventeenth century, has a quadrangular structure with a simple facade and inside are two paintings depicting the Virgin Mary and St. Rocco.
Strada comunale Patù-Arigliano, Gagliano del Capo

bibliography sources:
G. Palumbo, Inventario delle Pietrefitte salentine, Firenze 1955. P. Malagrinò, Dolmen e Menhir di Puglia, Fasano 1978. G. Cosi, Arigliano, Ricordi di un paese, Gagliano del Capo 2010. C. De Salve, Domenhir, Galatina 2013.

historical information:
Like many other megalithic structures in Salento, dating back to the pre-Roman times, it was Christianized by adding a cross at the top, which has not survived.
Info
property:
Municipal
managing body:
Comune di Gagliano del Capo
accessibility:
Accessible
conservation:
Mediocre
historical information:
Like many other megalithic structures in Salento, dating back to the pre-Roman times, it was Christianized by adding a cross at the top, which has not survived.
other related objects:
106, 124, 128
bibliography sources:
G. Palumbo, Inventario delle Pietrefitte salentine, Firenze 1955. P. Malagrinò, Dolmen e Menhir di Puglia, Fasano 1978. G. Cosi, Arigliano, Ricordi di un paese, Gagliano del Capo 2010. C. De Salve, Domenhir, Galatina 2013.
num gps:
94
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