Cave of Altamira
The Cave of Altamira is a cave complex, located near the historic town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain. It is renowned for prehistoric cave art featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands.
Locutus Borg, Public domain.Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Cave
- …lies at an elevation of 95 metres (312 feet)
- …is not wheelchair accessible
- Description: cave with prehistoric paintings in Spain
- Also known as“Cave Paintings, Altamira Cave”“Cuevas de Altamira”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Museum and Research Center of Altamira and Santillana Zoo.
National Museum and Research Center of Altamira
The National Museum and Research Center of Altamira… National Museum and Research Center of Altamira is situated 220 metres west of Cave of Altamira.
Museo de la Tortura, Santillana del Mar
Museo de la Tortura, Santillana del Mar is a museum, which is situated 2 km northeast of Cave of Altamira.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vispieres and Villapresente.
Cave of Altamira
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Latitude
43.37684° or 43° 22′ 37″ north
Longitude
-4.11975° or 4° 7′ 11″ west
Open location code
8CMQ9VGJ+P4
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Cave of Altamira” goes by many names.
كهف ألتاميراArabic
كهف ألتميراArabic
ԱլտամիրաArmenian
Cueva d’AltamiraAsturian
Cueva de AltamiraAsturian
Pinturres de AltamiraAsturian
AltamiraAzerbaijani
Altamira mağarasıAzerbaijani
АльтамираBashkir
Altamira KobazuloaBasque
Altamira leizeaBasque
Altamirako haitzuloaBasque
Altamirako leizeaBasque
АльтаміраBelarusian
Альтаміра (пячора)Belarusian
Пячора АльтаміраBelarusian
আলতামিরা গুহাBengali
AltamiraBreton
АлтамираBulgarian
AltamiraCatalan
Cova d’AltamiraCatalan
Cuevas de altamiraCatalan
Cuevas de AltamiraCebuano
阿尔塔米拉洞Chinese
阿尔塔米拉洞窟Chinese
阿尔塔米拉洞窟壁画Chinese
阿爾塔米拉洞Chinese
阿爾塔米拉洞窟Chinese
АльтамираChuvash
AltamiraCroatian
Spilja AltamiraCroatian
Al tamiraCzech
AltamiraDanish
AltamiraDutch
Altamira (grot)Dutch
كهف التاميراEgyptian Arabic
AltamiraEsperanto
Kaverno AltamiraEsperanto
AltamiraEstonian
Altamira koobasEstonian
Altamira koopamaalidEstonian
AltamiraFinnish
Altamiran luolaFinnish
Altamiran luolastoFinnish
Cova de AltamiraGalician
ალტამირას გამოქვაბულიGeorgian
ალტამირის გამოქვაბულიGeorgian
ალტამირის მღვიმეGeorgian
Σπήλαιο της ΑλταμίραGreek
מערת אלטאמירהHebrew
מערת אלטמירהHebrew
अल्तामिरा की गुफाHindi
Altamira-barlangHungarian
Grotta di AltamiraItalian
Grotte di AltamiraItalian
アルタミラ洞窟Japanese
アルタミラ洞窟と北スペインの旧石器時代の洞窟壁画Japanese
アルタミラ洞窟壁画Japanese
ಅಲ್ತಮೀರKannada
AlʹtamïraKazakh
АльтамираKazakh
التامىيراKazakh
Альтамира үңкүрүKirghiz
알타미라 동굴Korean
AltamiraLatvian
Altamiras alaLatvian
Altamiros urvasLithuanian
AltamiraLuxembourgish
Grott vun AltamiraLuxembourgish
АлтамираMacedonian
Gua AltamiraMalay
അൾട്ടാമിറMalayalam
Għar ta‘ AltamiraMaltese
آلتاميراي غارMazanderani
آلتامیراMazanderani
آلتامیرای غارMazanderani
Altamira TōngMin Nan Chinese
AltamiraNorwegian
AltamiraNorwegian Bokmål
Altamira hulekunstNorwegian Bokmål
Altamira-grottenNorwegian Bokmål
Grotten i AltamiraNorwegian Bokmål
AltamiraNorwegian Nynorsk
Balma d’AltamiraOccitan (post 1500)
Bauma d’AltamiraOccitan (post 1500)
ਅਲਤਾਮਿਰਾ ਦੇ ਗੁਫਾPanjabi
غار التامیراPersian
AltamiraPolish
Grota din AltamiraRomanian
Peștera de la AltamiraRomanian
Peștera din AltamiraRomanian
АльтRussian
АльтамираRussian
Пещера АльтамираRussian
Cave o AltamiraScots
AltamiraSerbian
АлтамираSerbian
Пећина АлтамираSerbian
AltamiraSerbo-Croatian
AltamiraSlovak
AltamiraSlovenian
AltamiraSwedish
AltamiragrottanSwedish
அல்டாமிராக் குகைTamil
АльтамираTatar
అల్టామిరా గుహTelugu
ถ้ำอัลตามีราThai
Altamira mağarasıTurkish
АльтаміраUkrainian
التامیراUrdu
AltamiraUzbek
Al’tamirVeps
Hang AltamiraVietnamese
Cave of AltamiraWaray (Philippines)
Lungib han AltamiraWaray (Philippines)
AltamiraWelsh
conchaWelsh
Ogof AltamiraWelsh
阿尔塔米拉洞Wu Chinese
阿爾塔米拉洞Yue Chinese
Localities in the Area
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