{{Geobox|Building
| name = Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja
| native_name = Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja
| other_name = Great Dolmen of the Military Order of the Estate
| category = [[Dolmen]]
| native_category = Anta
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| image_size = 235
| official_name = Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja/Anta Grande da Herdade da Comenda
| etymology = Military Order/Lands conferred historically by the Catholic Church
| etymology_type = Named for
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| country = {{flag|Portugal}}
| state_type = Region
| state = [[Alentejo]]
| region_type = Subregion
| region = [[Alentejo Central]]
| district = [[Évora (district)|Évora]]
| municipality = [[Montemor-o-Novo Municipality|Montemor-o-Novo]]
| location = [[Nossa Senhora do Bispo (Montemor-o-Novo)|Nossa Senhora do Bishop]]
| elevation = 180
| prominence =
| lat_d = 38
| lat_m = 45
| lat_s = 28.59
| lat_NS = N
| long_d = 8
| long_m = 12
| long_s = 11.98
| long_EW = W
| length = 15.00
| length_orientation = Northwest-Southeast
| width = 4.00
| width_orientation = Southwest-Northeast
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| author_type = Architects
| author = unknown
| style = Megalithic
| material = Granite
| established = 4000 B.C.
| established_type = Origin
| established1 =
| established1_type = Initiated
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| established2_type = Completed
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| owner = Portuguese Republic
| public = Private
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| access = Estrada Nacional EN2 (Montemor-o-Novo-Mora), approximately {{convert|2|km|mi}} before São Geraldo, over a small bridge, first left turn: the dolmen is located {{convert|400|m|ft}} from the EN2, along this roadway
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| free = [[IGESPAR|Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico]]
| free_type = Management
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| free4 = '''[[National Monuments of Portugal|National Monument]]'''
| free4_type = Status
| free5 = Decree 26/236; DG, Série I, 16, 20 January 1936
| free5_type = Listing
| map =
| map_caption = Location of the dolmen in the municipality of [[Montemor-o-Novo Municipality|Montemor-o-Novo]]
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| map_locator_x = 35
| map_locator_y = 80
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The '''Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja''' ({{lang-pt|Anta Grande de Comenda da Igreja}}, or alternately ''Anta Grande da Herdade da Igreja'') is a [[megalithic]] funerary site in the [[freguesia|civil parish]] of [[Nossa Senhora do Bispo (Montemor-o-Novo)|Nossa Senhora do Bishop]], in the municipality of [[Montemor-o-Novo Municipality|Montemor-o-Novo]], in the [[Alentejo Central|central Alentejo]] region of continental[[Portugal]].
==History==
Between the 4th millennium B.C. and the middle of the 3rd millennium B.C., the site of was occupied by semi-nomadic or sedentary settlement, associated with the communities of ancient [[Évora]].[{{cite web |url=http://www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=4064 |title=Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja/Anta Grande da Herdade da Comenda (n.PT040706030007)|publisher=SIPA–Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico |editor=SIPA |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=Portuguese|first=Manuel |last=Branco |first2=Castro |last2=Nunes|year=1994 |accessdate=25 June 2012}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.igespar.pt/en/patrimonio/pesquisa/geral/patrimonioimovel/detail/69719/ |title=Anta grande da Comenda da Igreja |editor=IGESPAR |accessdate=22 June 2012 |date=2011 |location=Lisbon, Portugal|publisher=IGESPAR-Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico |language=Portuguese |first=A. |last=Martins}}]
==Architecture==
The megalithic site, is located in an isolated area of forested brush, situated in an area of plains.[
Its form extends longitudinally from west to east, composed of a central polygonal chamber roughly {{convert|4|m|ft}} wide, with an oblong rectangular corridor {{convert|10|m|ft}} long.][
The articulated volumes are oriented horizontally, and covered independently in each section, with the main chamber covered by a granite slab, and the corridor by individual elements.][ The walls of the chamber are {{convert|6|m|ft}} in height, while the corridor profile is {{convert|180|cm|in}} in height.][ Of great dimensions, the corridor is still intact and in a state of conservation.][
==References==
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* {{citation |last=Gonçalves |first=José Pires |title=Roteiro de alguns Megálitos da Região de Évora |location=Évora, Portugal |year=1975|language=Portuguese}}
* {{citation |last=Leisner |first=Georg |contribution=Antas dos arredores de Évora |title=A Cidade de Évora |location=Évora, Portugal|year=1949 |language=Portuguese}}
* {{citation |last=Leisener |first=Georg |last=Leisner |first=Vera |contribution=Die Megalitgraber der Iberischen Halbinsel I - Der Westen|title=Madrider Forschungen |volume=I |issue=1 |location=Madrid, Spain |year=1956 |language=German}}]