Cave of Altamira

The Cave of Altamira is a cave complex, located near the historic town of in , . It is renowned for prehistoric cave art featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands.
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Photo: Locutus Borg, Public domain.
  • Access is restricted and requires permission.
  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave with prehistoric paintings in Spain
  • Also known as: “Al tamira”, “Al-tamira”, “Altamira (grot)”, “Altamira hulekunst”, “Altamira Kobazuloa”, “Altamira koobas”, “Altamira koopamaalid”, “Altamira leizea”, “Altamira-grotten”, “Altamira-Höhle”, “Altamiragrottan”, “Altamiragrotten”, “Altamirako haitzuloa”, “Altamiran luola”, “Altamiran luolasto”, “Altamiras ala”, “Balma d’Altamira”, “Cave Paintings, Altamira Cave”, “Cuevas de altamira”, “Grotten i Altamira”, “Gruta de Altamira”, “Ogof Altamira”, “Peștera de la Altamira”, “Pinturas de Altamira”, “Pinturres de Altamira”, “Spilja Altamira”, “Альтаміра (пячора)”, “Пећина Алтамира”, “Пещера Альтамира”, “ალტამირას გამოქვაბული”, “ალტამირის გამოქვაბული”, “מערת אלטמירה”, “آلتاميراي غار”, “آلتامیرا”, “غار التامیرا”, “ถ้ำอัลตามีรา”, “アルタミラ洞窟と北スペインの旧石器時代の洞窟壁画”, “アルタミラ洞窟壁画”, “阿尔塔米拉洞窟”, “阿尔塔米拉洞窟壁画”, and “阿爾塔米拉洞窟”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: National Museum and Research Center of Altamira and Santillana Zoo.

Museum
Photo: Alonso de Mendoza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The … is situated 220 metres west of Cave of Altamira.

Zoo
Photo: Javierme, CC BY 3.0.
is situated 1½ km east of Cave of Altamira.

Museum
Photo: Stromare, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum, which is situated 2 km northeast of Cave of Altamira.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vispieres and Villapresente.

Hamlet
Photo: Bugunya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
Photo: Asotavento, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Hamlet
Photo: Xavier Estruch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Cave of Altamira

Latitude
43.37684° or 43° 22′ 37″ north
Longitude
-4.11975° or 4° 7′ 11″ west
Elevation
95 metres (312 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8CMQ9VGJ+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 418842011
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3130237
Wiki­data ID
Q133575
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Cave of Altamira” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهف ألتاميرا”
  • Arabic: “كهف ألتميرا”
  • Armenian: “Ալտամիրա”
  • Asturian: “Cueva d’Altamira”
  • Asturian: “Cueva de Altamira”
  • Azerbaijani: “Altamira mağarası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Altamira”
  • Bashkir: “Альтамира”
  • Basque: “Altamirako leizea”
  • Belarusian: “Альтаміра”
  • Belarusian: “Пячора Альтаміра”
  • Bengali: “আলতামিরা গুহা”
  • Breton: “Altamira”
  • Bulgarian: “Алтамира”
  • Catalan: “cova d’Altamira”
  • Catalan: “Cova d’Altamira”
  • Cebuano: “Cuevas de Altamira”
  • Chinese: “阿尔塔米拉洞”
  • Chinese: “阿爾塔米拉洞”
  • Chuvash: “Альтамира”
  • Croatian: “Altamira”
  • Czech: “Altamira”
  • Danish: “Altamira”
  • Dutch: “Altamira”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف التاميرا”
  • Esperanto: “Altamira”
  • Esperanto: “Kaverno Altamira”
  • Estonian: “Altamira”
  • Finnish: “Altamira”
  • French: “Altamira”
  • French: “grotte d’Altamira”
  • French: “Grotte d’Altamira”
  • Galician: “Cova de Altamira”
  • Georgian: “ალტამირის მღვიმე”
  • German: “Höhle von Altamira”
  • Greek: “Σπήλαιο της Αλταμίρα”
  • Hebrew: “מערת אלטאמירה”
  • Hindi: “अल्तामिरा की गुफा”
  • Hungarian: “Altamira-barlang”
  • Italian: “Grotta di Altamira”
  • Italian: “grotte di Altamira”
  • Italian: “Grotte di Altamira”
  • Japanese: “アルタミラ洞窟”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ತಮೀರ”
  • Kazakh: “Alʹtamïra”
  • Kazakh: “Альтамира”
  • Kazakh: “التامىيرا”
  • Kirghiz: “Альтамира үңкүрү”
  • Korean: “알타미라 동굴”
  • Latvian: “Altamira”
  • Lithuanian: “Altamiros urvas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Altamira”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grott vun Altamira”
  • Macedonian: “Алтамира”
  • Malay: “Gua Altamira”
  • Malayalam: “അൾട്ടാമിറ”
  • Maltese: “Għar ta‘ Altamira”
  • Maltese: “Għar ta’ Altamira”
  • Mazanderani: “آلتامیرای غار”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Altamira Tōng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Altamira”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Altamira”
  • Norwegian: “Altamira”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bauma d’Altamira”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲਤਾਮਿਰਾ ਦੇ ਗੁਫਾ”
  • Persian: “غار آلتامیرا”
  • Polish: “Altamira”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Altamira”
  • Romanian: “Grota din Altamira”
  • Romanian: “Peștera din Altamira”
  • Russian: “Альт”
  • Russian: “Альтамира”
  • Scots: “Cave o Altamira”
  • Serbian: “Altamira”
  • Serbian: “Алтамира”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Altamira”
  • Slovak: “Altamira”
  • Slovenian: “Altamira”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Altamira”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas de Altamira”
  • Swedish: “Altamira”
  • Tamil: “அல்டாமிராக் குகை”
  • Tatar: “Альтамира”
  • Telugu: “అల్టామిరా గుహ”
  • Thai: “ถ้ำอัลตามิรา”
  • Turkish: “Altamira mağarası”
  • Turkish: “Altamira Mağarası”
  • Ukrainian: “Альтаміра”
  • Urdu: “التامیرا”
  • Uzbek: “Altamira”
  • Veps: “Al’tamir”
  • Vietnamese: “Hang Altamira”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lungib han Altamira”
  • Welsh: “Altamira”
  • Welsh: “concha”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿尔塔米拉洞”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿爾塔米拉洞”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: La Requejada and San Esteban.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Museo de Altamira and Aparcamiento para autobuses.

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