Cave of Altamira

Altamira (Spanish for 'high view') is a cave in Spain famous for its Upper Paleolithic cave paintings featuring drawings and coloured paintings of wild mammals and human hands. It is located near the town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain, 30 km west of the city of Santander. The cave with its paintings has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The cave is approximately 300 meters long

 References 

 Further reading 
 Curtis, Gregory. 2006. The Cave Painters: probing the mysteries of the world's first artists. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 
 Guthrie, R. Dale. 2006. The nature of prehistoric art. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 
 McNeill, William H. Secrets of the Cave Paintings, The New York Review of Books, Vol. 53, # 16, October 19, 2006.

 Other websites 
 Altamira Cave National Museum In Spanish and English
 The story of Altamira 
 The website of UNESCO - Cave of Altamira

Category:Caves of Europe
Category:World Heritage Sites in Spain
Category:Cantabria
Category:12 Treasures of Spain
Category:Stone Age art