Altamira National Museum and Research Center / Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira
- Kulturroute
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- Wege der prähistorischen Steinkunst
- Land
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- Spanien
- Mitgliederkategorie
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- Kulturinstitution / NRO
- Museum
- Kulturerbe
- Mitgliedsstatus
- Individual
- Jahr des Beitritts zur Mitgliedschaft
- 2008
- Kontaktdetails
- Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, s/n
ES-39330 Santillana del Mar
Tel: +34 942 81 80 05
Website: www.museodealtamira.mcu.es
Email: direccion.maltamira[at]mecd.es
- Gesprächspartner
- Pilar FATÁS (Director)
- Stadt/Region des Sitzes
- Santillana del Mar (Cantabria)
- Stadt/Region des Erbes
- Santillana del Mar (Cantabria)
- GPS-Standort
- 43.377409, -4.122336
- GPS-Standort
- 43.377409, -4.122336
- UNESCO-Welterbeliste
- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (1985) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/310)
- Europäische Kulturerbe-Siegel
- N/D
- Andere Kulturerbe-Siegel
- N/D
- Beschreibung
- The Cave of Altamira is one of the most important Palaeolithic rock art site in the world, with hundreds of rock art figures of many different kinds dating from a period between Gravettian (about 23,000 years ago) and Magdalenian (13,000 years ago).
The National Museum and Research Center of Altamira features a replica of the original cave. It is a National Museum of Spain under the Ministry of Culture and Sport.
- Logos/Bilder