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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cave
- Description: cultural property in Puente Viesgo, Spain
- Also known as: “Cueva de La Pasiega”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cave of El Castillo and Cave of Las Monedas.
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 160 metres northwest of Cave of La Pasiega.
Cave of Las Monedas
Cave
Photo: Edward the Confessor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cave of Las Monedas is situated 360 metres southwest of Cave of La Pasiega.
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 La Pasiega.
Pando
Hamlet
Photo: Estumaestudio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pando is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km southeast of Cave of La Pasiega.
Cave of La Pasiega
- Categories: cave with prehistoric art, tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.29103° or 43° 17′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.96431° or 3° 57′ 52″ westOpen location code
8CMR72RP+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2029837539OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3776436
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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”
- Catalan: “pene cova”
- 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”
- Galician: “xddddypene”
- 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”
- Spanish: “pene”
- Swedish: “Cueva de La Pasiega”
- Turkish: “La Pasiega Mağarası”
- “La Pasiega”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cave of La Pasiega”. Photo: Codigowiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.