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Majorca and Minorca, off Spain's south coast, are rich in 3000-year-old neolithic ruins. Both have conical stone towers called talayots. Only Minorca has taulas, strange T-shaped structures with a round precinct. Linked to ancient bull worship, they look past a talayot in a direct line to Monte Toro, the island's highest point.
Local legend says before there was a path up Monte Toro, villagers saw strange lights on the mountainside. Climbing up, they saw a bull stood guarding a precipice. The bull cleft the rock and led them to an image of the Virgin Mary at the top, where they built a chapel, now a church. An ancient stone dolmen is hidden behind the old church's fireplace. The church was home to a cult of St. Michael, patron of desolate places, ruins and alignments. Coincidence?