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Los Millares

Spain · 31st century BC

Founded
c. 3025 BC
Heritage status
bien de interés cultural
Location
Santa Fe de Mondújar
Coordinates
36.96261°, -2.52164°
Links
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Los Millares in Spain
Photo: Eamand · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Los Millares is a Chalcolithic occupation site 17 km north of Almería, in the municipality of Santa Fe de Mondújar, Andalucía, Spain. The complex was in use from the fourth millennium BC (c. 3025 BC) to the end of the third millennium BC (c. 2000 BC) and probably supported around 1,000 people. It was discovered in 1891 during the construction of a railway. It was first excavated by Luis Siret in the succeeding years. Excavations are ongoing. Los Millares is the type site of the Chalcolithic Millaran culture.

Text adapted from “Los Millares” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Los Millares ranks #856 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #34 of the 646 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 3025 BC, it is older than 99% of the atlas's dated landmarks. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 6,413 times in the last 60 days, more than 91% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Granada, 99 km away. It is one of the 131 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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