Gruta da Nascente do Almonda
Gruta da Nascente do Almonda is a cave in Pedrógão, Torres Novas, Santarém District. Gruta da Nascente do Almonda is situated nearby to the nature reserve Lapa da Bugalheira, as well as near Cave of Aroeira.Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cave of Aroeira.
Cave of Aroeira
Cave
Photo: UtaUtaNapishtim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cave of Aroeira is an archaeological and paleoanthropological site in the Portuguese Estremadura Limestone Massif. The cave is located in the village of Almonda, in the civil parish of Zibreira, in the municipality of Torres Novas in the district of Santarém.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almonda and Zibreira.
Almonda
Hamlet
Almonda is a Portuguese village of around 300 inhabitants in the civil parish of Zibreira, within the municipality of Torres Novas and the Santarém District.
Zibreira
Village
Zibreira is a civil parish in Portugal, located within the municipality of Torres Novas, in the Santarém District. It is noted for the Aroeria cave, where the Aroeira 3 skull of a 400,000 year old Homo Heidelbergensis was found, being the oldest trace of human history in Portugal.
Moitas Venda
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moitas Venda is a civil parish in Alcanena Municipality, in the Médio Tejo Subregion of Oeste e Vale do Tejo Region, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 866, in an area of 6.75 km². Moitas Venda is situated 4 km west of Gruta da Nascente do Almonda.
Gruta da Nascente do Almonda
- Type: Cave
- Description: cultural heritage monument in Torres Novas, Portugal
- Categories: grotto, archaeological site, cultural heritage, and landform
- Location: Pedrógão, Torres Novas, Santarém District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
39.50522° or 39° 30′ 19″ northLongitude
-8.61534° or 8° 36′ 55″ westOpen location code
8CFHG94M+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 4675467336OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q10292060
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Gruta da Nascente do Almonda” goes by many names.
- French: “Grotte de Nascente do Almonda”
- Portuguese: “Gruta da nascente do almonda”
- Portuguese: “Gruta da Nascente do Almonda”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lapa da Bugalheira and Albufeira da Nascente do Almonda.
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