Altamira Cave Art
Also known as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (iii).
Region
Europe and North America
Spain
Inscribed
1985
List reference
310
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Altamira Cave Art is about 25 km west of Santander. The nearest other World Heritage site is Vizcaya Bridge, about 90 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Santander · about 209,000 peopleabout 25 km east
- Bilbao · about 876,000 peopleabout 95 km east
- Burgos · about 170,000 peopleabout 120 km south
- Gijón · about 336,000 peopleabout 130 km west
- Vitoria · about 225,000 peopleabout 130 km south-east
- Oviedo · about 236,000 peopleabout 140 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
SpainCultural89 km away
SpainCultural121 km away
SpainCultural125 km away
SpainCultural141 km away
SpainCultural156 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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