Cave of La Pasiega
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.Photo: Codigowiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: cultural property in Puente Viesgo, Spain
- Also known as: “Cueva de La Pasiega”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cave of Las Monedas and Cave of El Castillo.
Cave of Las Monedas
Cave
Photo: Edward the Confessor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cave of Las Monedas is situated 150 metres west of Cave of La Pasiega.
Cave of El Castillo
Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 es.
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. Cave of El Castillo is situated 370 metres north of Cave of La Pasiega.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puente Viesgo and Pando.
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.
Pando
Hamlet
Photo: Estumaestudio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pando is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km east of Cave of La Pasiega.
Villabáñez
Hamlet
Photo: Hyfryd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villabáñez is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km north of Cave of La Pasiega.
Cave of La Pasiega
- Categories: cave with prehistoric art, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Cave of La Pasiega” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف لا باسيغا”
- Armenian: “Լա Պասիեգա”
- Asturian: “Cueva de La Pasiega”
- Basque: “La Pasiega leizea”
- Catalan: “Cova de La Pasiega”
- Cebuano: “Cueva de La Pasiega”
- Chinese: “巴西加洞”
- Dutch: “Cueva de La Pasiega”
- Dutch: “Grot van La Pasiega”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف لا باسيجا”
- Esperanto: “Kaverno La Pasiega”
- French: “Grotte de La Pasiaga”
- French: “Grotte de La Pasiega”
- German: “Höhle von La Pasiega”
- Hebrew: “מערת לה פסייגה”
- Polish: “La Pasiega”
- Portuguese: “Caverna de La Pasiega”
- Russian: “Ла-Пасьега”
- Spanish: “Cueva de La Pasiega”
- Swedish: “Cueva de La Pasiega”
- Turkish: “La Pasiega Mağarası”
- “La Pasiega”
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