Sidrón Cave
The Sidrón Cave is a non-carboniferous limestone karst cave system located in the Piloña municipality of Asturias, northwestern Spain, where Paleolithic rock art and the fossils of more than a dozen Neanderthals were found.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Xuliu Pombar, CC0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: geographical object
- Also known as: “Sidron Cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Iglesia de Santa María.
Iglesia de Santa María
Monument
Photo: Jmhh1951, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
Iglesia de Santa María is a church in Asturias, Spain. It was established in the 10th century and was run initially as a convent. Iglesia de Santa María is situated 3 km southeast of Sidrón Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include L’Infiestu and Sietes.
L’Infiestu
Town
Photo: Rodelar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
L’Infiestu is a town, which is situated 5 km southwest of Sidrón Cave.
Sietes
Hamlet
Photo: Rodelar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sietes is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km northwest of Sidrón Cave.
Coya
Village
Photo: Carmenmoran, CC BY 4.0.
Coya is one of 24 parishes in Piloña, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The population is 376. Coya is situated 8 km west of Sidrón Cave.
Sidrón Cave
- Categories: cave with prehistoric art, monument, Reserva Natural, protected area, Nature Reserve (Parcial), archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Piloña, Asturias, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.38264° or 43° 22′ 58″ northLongitude
-5.32317° or 5° 19′ 23″ westOpen location code
8CMP9MMG+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 807197852OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q1323820
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Sidrón Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف سدرون”
- Asturian: “Cueva del Sidrón”
- Basque: “El Sidróngo leizea”
- Belarusian: “Эль-Сідрон”
- Chinese: “西德隆洞穴”
- Dutch: “Sidrón Cave”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف سيدرون”
- French: “grotte d’El Sidrón”
- French: “Grotte d’El Sidrón”
- German: “El-Sidron-Höhle”
- Hebrew: “מערת אל-סידרון”
- Latin: “El Sidrón”
- Persian: “غار سیدرون”
- Russian: “Эль-Сидрон”
- Spanish: “Cueva de El Sidrón”
- Spanish: “Cueva del Sidron”
- Spanish: “Cueva del Sidrón”
- Spanish: “El Sidron”
- Spanish: “El Sidrón”
- Swedish: “Cueva de El Sidrón”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Сидрон”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ermita de San Roque and Palacio de Miyares.
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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 “Sidrón Cave”. Photo: Xuliu Pombar, CC0.