1.0Aldeias Históricas de Portugalhttps://aldeiashistoricasdeportugal.com/enTechnical Skillmindhttps://aldeiashistoricasdeportugal.com/en/author/technical-skillmind/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="erVs1eCklN"><a href="https://aldeiashistoricasdeportugal.com/en/local/sepulturas-antropomorficas/">Tombs Excavated in the Rock/Rupestrian Necropolis</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://aldeiashistoricasdeportugal.com/en/local/sepulturas-antropomorficas/embed/#?secret=erVs1eCklN" width="600" height="338" title="“Tombs Excavated in the Rock/Rupestrian Necropolis” — Aldeias Históricas de Portugal" data-secret="erVs1eCklN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://aldeiashistoricasdeportugal.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://aldeiashistoricasdeportugal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/rascunho-automatico-510.jpg1200803Around the two churches in Sortelha, especially the Church of Mercy, outside the gates, there are still abundant traces of tombs excavated in the rock. The churchyards and surroundings of the churches were, for many centuries, the chosen places for the burial of the deceased. Some of the graves were opened in the granitic outcrop […]