Cyclopean masonry

Cyclops technique derives its name from the Cyclops, the mythical builders of the city walls at Tiryns and Mycenae, is the name given to a prehistoric building technique. This large stone blocks without the use of fasteners (dry masonry) are stacked.

The technique was common (also known as megalith ) since the Neolithic Age in the Mediterranean and in Western and Northern Europe. In addition to the circular wall of Mycenae are For example, the Talayots the Balearic Islands and the Nuraghe in Sardinia characteristic Cyclopean buildings. Only in the classical architecture of Greece and in Roman architecture other construction techniques were introduced.

Today, the dry wall art, for example in the building of the wall of the German winegrowers acquired new meaning. Since 1986 there is in Sóller, Mallorca a school for Dry Wall, the Escola de Magers de Mallorca. In two and a half years, the apprentices are trained to craft the Magers.