{"id":13040,"date":"2026-02-04T15:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/?p=13040"},"modified":"2026-10-04T21:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:50:29","slug":"stonehenge-wiltshire-amesbury-inglaterra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/united-kingdom\/south-west-england\/stonehenge-wiltshire-amesbury-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonehenge, Amesbury (Wiltshire), Inglaterra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stonehenge is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the world. It consists of a circular arrangement of massive standing stones, set within a larger ceremonial landscape. Stonehenge was built in several stages between roughly 3000 and 1500 BC and is located in southern England. Its purpose is still partly unknown, but it is widely associated with ritual, astronomy, and ancient beliefs. Today, Stonehenge is one of the most visited historical sites in the United Kingdom, and since 1986 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site \u201cStonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ubicaci\u00f3n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stonehenge se encuentra en la llanura de Salisbury, en el condado de Wiltshire, en el sur de Inglaterra, a unos 13 km al norte de Salisbury y a unos 140 km al suroeste de Londres. El monumento se alza en pleno campo, rodeado de praderas onduladas y otros restos prehist\u00f3ricos. La estaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s cercana es Salisbury, con trenes directos desde Londres Waterloo (alrededor de hora y media). Desde la estaci\u00f3n de Salisbury, el autob\u00fas Stonehenge Tour va hasta el centro de visitantes. En coche se llega f\u00e1cilmente por la A303; el aparcamiento del centro de visitantes es de pago para quienes no son socios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 es famoso?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stonehenge is famous for the size and weight of its stones. The largest sarsen stones weigh about 25 tonnes and came from West Woods near Marlborough, about 25 km to the north, while the smaller \u201cbluestones\u201d were brought from the Preseli Hills in west Wales, more than 200 km away. In 2024, scientists showed that the Altar Stone at the centre came from north-east Scotland. The monument is aligned with the movements of the sun: the most famous alignment is with the summer solstice sunrise and the winter solstice sunset, suggesting that Stonehenge played an important role in seasonal or ceremonial events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entradas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are cheaper online in advance (until midnight the day before): adults pay from about \u00a327 and children aged 5 to 17 about half, while an adult ticket on the day costs about \u00a332. Prices vary by date and arrival time and are lower later in the day. English Heritage and National Trust members enter free. The ticket includes the visitor centre exhibition, the reconstructed Neolithic houses and the shuttle bus to the stone circle, about 2.4 km away. Last admission is two hours before closing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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C\u00edrculo de piedras prehist\u00f3rico en la llanura de Salisbury, construido desde hacia el 3000 a. C. y alineado con los solsticios; Patrimonio de la UNESCO, adultos desde unas 27 \u00a3 en l\u00ednea.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1080,977,1077,1020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-west-england","category-architecture","category-unesco-heritage","category-united-kingdom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13040"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16912,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13040\/revisions\/16912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}