Cave of Maltravieso

The Cave of Maltravieso in , , , was discovered in 1951. It shows traces of human occupation from the Middle Paleolithic. It contains cave art, most notably a total of 71 hand stencils, enumerated in the 1990s using ultraviolet photography, but also linear designs and some animal paintings.
  • Cave
  • …is not wheelchair accessible
  • Description: cave in Spain

Places of Interest Nearby

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Church
is a church.
480 metres northeast of Cave of Maltravieso
Sports venue
The is a multi-purpose…
710 metres northwest of Cave of Maltravieso
Railway station
is the main railway station of .
1¼ km west of Cave of Maltravieso

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sierra de Fuentes and Valdesalor.
is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, , Spain.
9 km east of Cave of Maltravieso
is a hamlet.
9 km south of Cave of Maltravieso
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Latitude
39.45747° or 39° 27′ 27″ north
Longitude
-6.37086° or 6° 22′ 15″ west
Open location code
8CFMFJ4H+XM
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic = archaeological_site
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natural = cave_entrance
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Cave of Maltravieso” goes by many names.
كهف مالترافيسوArabic
Cova de MaltraviesoCatalan
馬爾特拉維索巖洞Chinese
马尔特拉维索岩洞Chinese
Cueva de MaltraviesoDutch
Kavo de MaltraviesoEsperanto
MaltraviesoEsperanto
Cueva de MaltraviessuExtremaduran
Maltravieso-barlangHungarian
غار مالتراویسوPersian
Cueva de MaltraviesoSwedish
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