Altamira Cave and Paleolithic cave paintings in northern Spain
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| The Great Wall of Ekain's Cave (copy in Ekainberri) |
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| National territory: |
 Spain
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (i) (iii) |
| Surface: | 2,234,706 ha |
| Reference No .: | 310 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 1985 (session 9) |
| Extension: | 2008 |
Altamira Cave and Paleolithic Cave Paintings in Northern Spain is the title of a site on the World Heritage List that until 2008 only included the Altamira Cave . That year, UNESCO decided to also award other caves containing Paleolithic paintings.
List of caves
The caves, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, are located in the Basque Country , Cantabria and Asturias .
Basque Country
- Santimamiñe Cave in Cortézubi
- Ekain Cave in Deba
- Altxerri Cave in Aya
Cantabria
- Altamira Cave in Santillana del Mar
- Chufín Cave in Riclones , Rionansa municipality
- Hornos de la Peña cave in Tarriba , San Felices de Buelna municipality
- Caves at Monte Castillo in Puente Viesgo : El Castillo Cave , Las Monedas, La Pasiega and Las Chimeneas
- El Pendo cave in Escobedo de Camargo , Camargo municipality
- Covalanas in Ramales de la Victoria
- La Garma Cave in Omoño , Ribamontán al Monte municipality
Asturias
- La Cueva de la Peña in San Román , municipality of Candamo
- Cueva de Tito Bustillo in Ribadesella
- Covaciella Cave in Cabrales
- Llonin cave , Peñamellera Alta municipality
- Pindal Cave in Ribadedeva
Web links
Historic city centers:
Alcalá de Henares with university (1998) |
Ávila with churches outside the city wall (1985) |
Cáceres (1986) |
Cordoba with Mosque-Cathedral (1984) |
Cuenca (1996) |
Granada with Alhambra and Generalife Palace (1984) |
Salamanca (1988) |
San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1999) |
Santiago de Compostela (1985) |
Segovia with Aqueduct (1985) |
Toledo (1986)
Buildings:
Architecture of the Mudéjares in Aragón (1986) |
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias (1985) |
Almadén Mine (2012) |
Escorial in Madrid (1984) |
Tower of Hercules (2009) |
Burgos Cathedral (1984) |
Cathedral , Alcázar and Archivo General de Indias in Seville (1987) |
Catalan Romanesque churches in the Vall de Boí (2000) |
Poblet Monastery (1991) |
Monasteries of San Millán de Yuso and San Millán de Suso (1997) |
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe (1993) | Monumental Renaissance buildings by Úbeda and Baeza (2003) |
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona (1997) |
Puente de Vizcaya (2006) |
Roman city walls of Lugo (2000) |
Valencia Silk Exchange (1996) |
Works by Antoni Gaudí (1984)
Archaeological sites:
Atapuerca (2000) |
Antequera Dolmen (2016) |
Rock art of the Mediterranean on the Iberian Peninsula (1998) |
Altamira Cave and Paleolithic Cave Paintings in Northern Spain (1985) |
Las Médulas (1997) |
Madīnat az-zahrāʾ (2018) |
Mérida (1993) |
Siega Verde * (2010) |
Tarraco (2000)
Cultural and natural landscapes:
Old beech forests and primeval beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains and other regions of Europe (2017, N) |
Aranjuez (2001, K) |
Ibiza (1999, K / N) |
Way of St. James (1993, K) |
Monte Perdido (1997, K / N) |
Doñana National Park (1994, N) |
Garajonay National Park (1986, N) |
Teide National Park (2007, N) |
Palm grove of Elche (2000, K) |
Serra de Tramuntana (2011, K)
* Expansion of the archaeological sites in Vale do Côa , Portugal;
Asturias: Covaciella | Hornos de la Peña | Llonín | La Peña de Candamo | El Pindal | Tito Bustillo
Basque Country: Altxerri | Ekain | Santimamiñe
Cantabria: Altamira | Chufín | Covalanas | La Garma | El Pendo
Caves at Monte Castillo: El Castillo | Las Chimeneas | Las Monedas | La Pasiega