Altamira National Museum and Research Center / Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira
- Cultural Route
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- Prehistoric Rock Art Trails
- Country
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- Spain
- Member Category
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- Cultural Institution / NGO
- Museum
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
- 2008
- Contact Details
- 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
- Contact Person
- Pilar FATÁS (Director)
- Main Town/Region
- Santillana del Mar (Cantabria)
- Site Town/Region
- Santillana del Mar (Cantabria)
- Main GPS Location
- 43.377409, -4.122336
- Site GPS Location
- 43.377409, -4.122336
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (1985) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/310)
- European Heritage Label
- N/D
- Other Heritage Labels
- N/D
- Description
- 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.
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