Marvão
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Marvão is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2020 was 2,972, in an area of 154.90 km2. The present Mayor is Luís Vitorino, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 8.
Marvão as seen from its castle
Idol plaque or 'pedra de raia' type found among grave goods at a dolmen in Marvão (3rd millennium BCE)
Necklace found among grave goods at a dolmen in Marvão (3rd millennium BCE)
Verraco head (Portuguese: berrão) displayed in the Marvão Municipal Museum
Verraco
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The verracos, in the Iberian Peninsula, are the Vettones's granite megalithic monuments, sculptures of animals as found in the west of the Iberian meseta – the high central plain of the Iberian peninsula – in the Spanish provinces of Ávila, Salamanca, Segovia, Zamora, Cáceres, Ourense and the Portuguese provinces of Beira Baixa, Beiras e Serra da Estrela, Douro and Terras de Trás-os-Montes. Over 400 verracos have been identified.
The Bulls of Guisando, in El Tiemblo, Castile and León, Spain.
The Sow of Murça, in Murça, Portugal.
Verraco in Mingorría, Castile and León, Spain.