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Cave of Altamira
cave with prehistoric paintings in Spain
Details
- Instance of
- cave with prehistoric art, monument, Stone Age site
- Inception
- 35000 BCE, 13th millennium BCE
- Location
- Santillana del Mar
- Located in
- Santillana del Mar
- Country
- Spain
- Depicts
- animal
- Area
- 0.32, 16
- Elevation
- 95 m
- culture
- Solutrean, Magdalenian, Paleolithic
- described by source
- Great dictionary of geographical names, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
- discoverer or inventor
- Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola
- exhibition history
- Europeana 280
- fabrication method
- rock art
- height
- 22.50 m
- heritage designation
- bien de interés cultural, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, World Heritage Site
- native label
- Cueva de Altamira
- time period
- Magdalenian, Paleolithic
- width
- 11 m
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