Monte de la Garita

Monte de la Garita is a locality in Santillana del Mar, Cantabria. Monte de la Garita is situated nearby to the locality Cildad, as well as near Viveros.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of Altamira and National Museum and Research Center of Altamira.

Cave of Altamira

Cave

Photo: Locutus Borg, Public domain.

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.

National Museum and Research Center of Altamira

Museum

Photo: Alonso de Mendoza, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The National Museum and Research Center of Altamira, also known as Altamira Museum, is a center dedicated to the conservation of, research into, and the sharing of information about the cave of Altamira in Santillana del Mar, Spain, named a World Heritage Site by Unesco.

Collegiate church and cloister of St Juliana

Church

Photo: Luis Fermín TURIEL PEREDO, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Collegiate church and cloister of Santa Juliana is a collegiate church located in Santillana del Mar, Spain. The church is dedicated to Juliana of Nicomedia. It is notable as an example of Romanesque architecture… Collegiate church and cloister of St Juliana is situated 3 km northeast of Monte de la Garita.