Cave of El Castillo
The Cueva del Castillo contains both a decorated cave and an archaeological site, within the complex of the Caves of Monte Castillo, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: cave with prehistoric art
- Also known as: “Cueva del Castillo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cave of La Pasiega and Cave of Las Monedas.
Cave of La Pasiega
Cave
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Cueva de La Pasiega, or Cave of La Pasiega, situated in the Spanish municipality of Puente Viesgo, is one of the most important monuments of Paleolithic art in Cantabria. Cave of La Pasiega is situated 180 metres southeast of Cave of El Castillo.
Cave of Las Monedas
Cave
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Cave of Las Monedas is situated 430 metres southwest of Cave of El Castillo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puente Viesgo and Villabáñez.
Puente Viesgo
Village
Photo: Ignacio Pérez Anguio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Puente Viesgo is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain. Caves have been discovered near Puente Viesgo that contain rock art and artefacts dating back to the Middle and Upper Paleolithic.
Villabáñez
Hamlet
Photo: Hyfryd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villabáñez is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km north of Cave of El Castillo.
Pando
Hamlet
Photo: Estumaestudio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pando is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km southeast of Cave of El Castillo.
Cave of El Castillo
- Categories: cave with prehistoric art, show cave, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Cave of El Castillo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف إيل كاستيلو”
- Arabic: “كهف القلعة”
- Arabic: “كهف ديل كاستيلو”
- Arabic: “كهف كاستيلو”
- Basque: “El Castillo kobazuloa”
- Catalan: “cova d’El Castillo”
- Catalan: “Cova d’El Castillo”
- Catalan: “Cova de El Castillo”
- Cebuano: “Cueva del Castillo”
- Chinese: “卡斯蒂略洞”
- Danish: “El Castillo-hulen”
- Dutch: “grot van El Castillo”
- Dutch: “Grot van El Castillo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف ال كاستيلو”
- Esperanto: “El Castillo”
- Esperanto: “Kaverno El Castillo”
- French: “Grotte d’El Castillo”
- French: “grotte du Castillo”
- Galician: “Cova de El Castillo”
- German: “El-Castillo-Höhle”
- Hebrew: “מערת אל קסטיו”
- Indonesian: “Gua El Castillo”
- Japanese: “エル カスティーヨの洞窟群”
- Japanese: “エル・カスティージョ洞窟”
- Polish: “El Castillo”
- Portuguese: “Caverna de El Castillo”
- Russian: “Кастильо”
- Russian: “Эль-Кастильо”
- Spanish: “Cueva de El Castillo”
- Spanish: “Cueva del Castillo”
- Swedish: “Cueva de El Castillo”
- Swedish: “Cueva del Castillo”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Кастильйо”
- Vietnamese: “Hang động El Castillo”
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