The location of a monument of a later period is the Santa Agueda Playa. The area keeps an ancient castle of Santa Agueda. This majestic fortress has perfectly survived through the long course of history and appears to visitors in all its glory. The fine chapel of St. Anna is located not far from the fortress. The Roman road start is set close to the chapel. The age of the road is over two thousand years and walking along this way will turn to a great experience for travelers. It should be noted as well that the playa has several well equipped observation platforms performing vibrant views over the area.
Not far from the Cales Coves settlement one will find a unique cave system the walls of which are amply covered with ancient paintings. After having embraced the majesty of the caves travelers can visit the Naveta des Tudons being a burial chamber located not far from the caves. The chamber was discovered by scientists comparatively late, only in 1975. At present the burial chamber is reequipped into an archeological museum which collection includes household articles and finery of the prehistoric period.
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