Cave of Aroeira
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.Photo: UtaUtaNapishtim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave and archaeological site in Portugal
- Also known as: “Aroeira Cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gruta da Nascente do Almonda.
Gruta da Nascente do Almonda
Cave
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gruta da Nascente do Almonda is a cave.
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 Cave of Aroeira.
Cave of Aroeira
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Pedrógão, Torres Novas, Santarém District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
39.50555° or 39° 30′ 20″ northLongitude
-8.61568° or 8° 36′ 57″ westOpen location code
8CFHG94M+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 7925300357OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q29015763
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Cave of Aroeira” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف أرويرا”
- French: “grotte d’Aroeira”
- French: “Grotte d’Aroeira”
- German: “Gruta da Aroeira”
- Hausa: “Kogon Aroeira”
- Persian: “غار آروئیرا”
- Portuguese: “Gruta da Aroeira”
- Portuguese: “Gruta de Aroeira”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Aroeira”
- Spanish: “Gruta de Aroeira”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lapa da Bugalheira and Albufeira da Nascente do Almonda.
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