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The Cromlech of the Almendres (Portuguese: Cromeleque dos Almendres Cromeleque na Herdade dos Almendres) is a megalithic complex (commonly known as the Almendres Cromlech), located 4.5 road km WSW of the village of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora da Tourega e Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, municipality of Ã‰vora, in the Portuguese Alentejo. The largest existing group of structured menhirs in the Iberian Peninsula (and one of the largest in Europe), this archaeological site consists of several megalithic structures: cromlechs and menhir stones, that belong to the so-called "megalithic universe of Ã‰vora", with clear parallels to other cromlechs in Ã‰vora District, such as Portela Mogos and the Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech.[1]

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