Valencina de la Concepción
Valencina de la Concepción is a town in Seville province, Andalusia, Spain. It covers about 25 square kilometers and has around 8,050 residents (as of January 2025). The town is known for its important archaeological site from the Copper Age.
Two famous tombs are the Dolmen de Matarrubilla and the Dolmen de la Pastora. A dolmen is a prehistoric tomb built with upright stones and a large flat capstone, usually formerly buried under earth.
Nearby is the Tholos de Montelirio, a grand tomb filled with artifacts. In 2023, dental enamel analysis helped researchers identify the remains as female, changing ideas about the people who built these monuments. The Ivory Lady is a nickname for the most prominent person found there.
Other large tombs and evidence suggest Valencina was a major copper-smelting town around 2500 BC.
The town also hosts a traditional pilgrimage called Romería de Torrijos. On the second Sunday of October, people take the Virgin statue to the Torrijos sanctuary in decorated carriages or on horseback, with a mass at the Torrijos Hacienda. It is one of the region’s biggest pilgrimages in the Aljarafe area.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 17:15 (CET).