Rock shelter of Solhapa
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The rocky shelter of Solhapa is about 3 km from the village of Duas Igrejas and in the vicinity of a proto-historic village. It was used by herdsmen who protected the herds there from the heat in summer, it was only in the 50's of last century that the engravings in the shelter aroused the interest of António Maria Mourinho and became known.
On the cave cover is an engraving probably representing a sorcerer, with similarities to others found in Spain and France. It is a representation of a human figure, whose head, with a trapezoidal configuration, ends in tips resembling a pair of branches. On the pelvic area, two lines seems to represent a tail and an erect phallus
The remaining inscriptions are on either the inner walls of the cave and on the pavement. The iconographic diversity is great: dimples, perpendicular traces, semicircles and rectilinear and interconnected almost labyrinthine bars. There is also a serpentine element and human figures, from between the late Neolithic and the beginning of the Chalcolithic / Bronze Age.
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The rocky shelter of Solhapa is about 3 km from the village of Duas Igrejas and in the vicinity of a proto-historic village. It was used by herdsmen who protected the herds there from the heat in summer, it was only in the 50's of last century that the engravings in the shelter aroused the interest of António Maria Mourinho and became known.
On the cave cover is an engraving probably representing a sorcerer, with similarities to others found in Spain and France. It is a representation of a human figure, whose head, with a trapezoidal configuration, ends in tips resembling a pair of branches. On the pelvic area, two lines seems to represent a tail and an erect phallus
The remaining inscriptions are on either the inner walls of the cave and on the pavement. The iconographic diversity is great: dimples, perpendicular traces, semicircles and rectilinear and interconnected almost labyrinthine bars. There is also a serpentine element and human figures, from between the late Neolithic and the beginning of the Chalcolithic / Bronze Age.
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Norte
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Miranda do Douro
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Douro Internacional Nature Park
Identification and Access
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No
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Access to Duas Igrejas from:
- OPorto - A4, IC5 and N221;
- Lisbon - A1, A23, IP2, IC5 and N221.
From Duas Igrejas village, the access to the rock shelter is by a dirt track.
GPS: 41.456917, -6.336889
Base Characterization
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Public Interest
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Cultural Historical
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Public
